Tapestry

(Synop., § 130), n. [Fr. tapisserie, from tapisser, to carpet, to hang or cover with tapestry, from tapis, a carpet, carpeting; Pr. tapit, carpet; Sp. & Pg. tapis, tapete, It. tappeto, from Lat. tapes or tapete, tapetis, carpet, tapestry; Gr. τάπης, ταπίς; It. tappezzeria, from tappezzare, equivalent to Fr. tapisser, Sp. tapiceria.]

1Sense 1. A kind of woven hangings of wool and silk, often enriched with gold and silver, representing various figures.

2Sense 2. A hiding-place. [Obs.] Chapman.

Tapestry carpet, an elegant and cheap kind of two-ply or ingrain carpet, in which the warp or weft is printed before weaving, so as to produce the figure in the cloth. Simmonds.

To adorn with tapestry, or as if with tapestry.

The Trosachs wound, as now, between gigantic walls of rock tapestried with broom and wild roses. Macaulay.