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TAPESTRY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A wall hanging of heavy handwoven fabric often with pictorial designs
Synonyms:
arras; tapestry
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("tapestry" is a kind of...):
hanging; wall hanging (decoration that is hung (as a tapestry) on a wall or over a window)
Meronyms (parts of "tapestry"):
edging (border consisting of anything placed on the edge to finish something (such as a fringe on clothing or on a rug))
Sense 2
Meaning:
A heavy textile with a woven design; used for curtains and upholstery
Synonyms:
tapestry; tapis
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("tapestry" is a kind of...):
cloth; fabric; material; textile (artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Something that resembles a tapestry in its intricacy
Example:
the tapestry of European history
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("tapestry" is a kind of...):
complexity; complexness (the quality of being intricate and compounded)
Context examples:
After a very short search, you will discover a division in the tapestry so artfully constructed as to defy the minutest inspection, and on opening it, a door will immediately appear—which door, being only secured by massy bars and a padlock, you will, after a few efforts, succeed in opening—and, with your lamp in your hand, will pass through it into a small vaulted room.
(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)
Of a sudden, however, there came a change, for a dash of bright color flickered up on to either cheek, and her lids were slowly raised again upon eyes which sparkled with such lustre as Alleyne had never seen in human eyes before, while their gaze was fixed intently, not on the company, but on the dark tapestry which draped the wall.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Slowly the long and glittering train wound into the lists, until every horse had been tethered by the varlets in waiting, and every lord and lady seated in the long stands which stretched, rich in tapestry and velvet and blazoned arms, on either side of the centre of the arena.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
The attention of the insurgents had been drawn away from murder to plunder, and all over the castle might be heard their cries and whoops of delight as they dragged forth the rich tapestries, the silver flagons, and the carved furniture.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
None could seem more safe and secure and at her ease than this lady, yet here also was a symbol of human life, for in an instant, even as Alleyne reined aside to let the carriage pass, a wheel flew out from among its fellows, and over it all toppled—carving, tapestry and gilt—in one wild heap, with the horses plunging, the postilion shouting, and the lady screaming from within.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
The walls were hung all round with most elaborate and brightly colored tapestry, representing the achievements of Sir Bevis of Hampton, and behind this convenient screen were stored the tables dormant and benches which would be needed for banquet or high festivity.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
The choicest tapestries which the looms of Arras could furnish draped the walls, whereon the battles of Judas Maccabaeus were set forth, with the Jewish warriors in plate of proof, with crest and lance and banderole, as the naive artists of the day were wont to depict them.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
When he had gone half way he turned around and stared at the scene—his wife and Catherine scolding and consoling as they stumbled here and there among the crowded furniture with articles of aid, and the despairing figure on the couch bleeding fluently and trying to spread a copy of Town Tattle over the tapestry scenes of Versailles.
(The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald)
