Tāp'es-try1, n.
(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.]
Sense 1. A kind of woven hangings of wool and silk, often enriched with gold and silver, representing various figures.
Sense 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.