tapestry

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English tapestrie, from Old French tapisserie (“tapestry”), from Ancient Greek τάπης (tápēs), from an Iranian source. === Pronunciation === enPR: tă'pəstrē, IPA(key): /ˈtæpəstɹi/ === Noun === tapestry (countable and uncountable, plural tapestries) A heavy woven cloth, often with decorative pictorial designs, normally hung on walls. (by extension) Anything with variegated or complex details. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Verb === tapestry (third-person singular simple present tapestries, present participle tapestrying, simple past and past participle tapestried) (transitive, intransitive) To decorate with tapestry, or as if with a tapestry. ==== Translations ==== === See also === tapetum lucidum === Anagrams === spattery, tryptase == Middle English == === Noun === tapestry alternative form of tapestrie