tapestrie

== Middle English == === Alternative forms === tapesteri, tapestre, tapestry, tapestrye, tapiestre, tapistery, tapistree, tapistri, tapistrie, tappestry tapstery, tapstre, tapstri (syncopated) === Etymology === A syncopic form of tapiserie with excrescent /t/ breaking up the phonotactically problematic combination /sr/; compare auncestrie. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˌtapistˈriː(ə)/, /ˈtapistriː(ə)/, /ˌtapst(ə)ˈriː()/, /ˈtapst(ə)riː(ə)/ === Noun === tapestrie (uncountable) tapestry (fabric with embroidered designs) Synonym: tapiserie ==== Usage notes ==== Unlike in modern English, this term usually refers to the technique as a whole rather than an individual article employing it. ==== Descendants ==== English: tapestry ==== References ==== “tapestrī(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.