English-Thai Dictionary

tapestry

N สิ่งทอ หรือ ม่าน ลาย ดอก ซึ่ง แขวน ประดับ ฝาผนัง  พร มลาย ดอก ประดับ  fabric drapery weaving decoration sing-tor-rue-man-lai-dok

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

TAPESTRY

n.[L. tapes, tapestry. ] A kind of woven hangings of wool and silk, often enriched with gold and silver, representing figures of men, animals, landscapes, etc.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

TAPESTRY

Tap "es *try, n.; pl. Tapestries. Etym: [F. tapissere, fr. tapisser to carpet, to hang, or cover with tapestry, fr. tapis a carpet, carpeting, LL. tapecius, fr. L. tapete carpet, tapestry, Gr. Tapis, Tippet. ]

 

Defn: A fabric, usually of worsted, worked upon a warp of linen or other thread by hand, the designs being usually more or less pictorial and the stuff employed for wall hangings and the like. The term is also applied to different kinds of embroidery. Tapestry carpet, a kind of carpet, somewhat resembling Brussels, in which the warp is printed before weaving, so as to produce the figure in the cloth. -- Tapestry moth. (Zoöl.) Same as Carpet moth, under Carpet.

 

TAPESTRY

Tap "es *try, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tapestried; p. pr. & vb. n.Tapestrying.]

 

Defn: To adorn with tapestry, or as with tapestry. The Trosachs wound, as now, between gigantic walls of rock tapestried with broom and wild roses. Macaulay.

 

TAPESTRY BEETLE

TAPESTRY BEETLE Tap "es *try bee "tle.

 

Defn: A small black dermestoid beetle (Attagenus piceus ) whose larva feeds on tapestry, carpets, silk, fur, flour, and various other goods.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

tapestry

tap es try |ˈtapistrē ˈtæpəstri | ▶noun ( pl. tapestries ) a piece of thick textile fabric with pictures or designs formed by weaving colored weft threads or by embroidering on canvas, used as a wall hanging or furniture covering. • used in reference to an intricate or complex combination of things or sequence of events: a tapestry of cultures, races, and customs. DERIVATIVES tap es tried adjective ORIGIN late Middle English: from Old French tapisserie, from tapissier ‘tapestry worker ’ or tapisser ‘to carpet, ’ from tapis ‘carpet, tapis. ’

 

tapestry moth

tap es try moth ▶noun another term for carpet moth.

 

Oxford Dictionary

tapestry

tap |es ¦try |ˈtapɪstri | ▶noun ( pl. tapestries ) a piece of thick textile fabric with pictures or designs formed by weaving coloured weft threads or by embroidering on canvas, used as a wall hanging or soft furnishing. • used in reference to an intricate or complex sequence of events: the loopiness of the Commons adds to life's rich tapestry . DERIVATIVES tapestried adjective ORIGIN late Middle English: from Old French tapisserie, from tapissier ‘tapestry worker ’ or tapisser ‘to carpet ’, from tapis ‘carpet, tapis ’.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

tapestry

tap es try /tǽpɪstri /名詞 複 -tries C U タペストリー, つづれ織り 〘絵柄を色糸で織り込んだ厚手の布; 壁掛けや家具を覆うのに使用 〙; U タペストリーの技法 .動詞 -tries ; -tried ; ～ing 他動詞 1 …をタペストリーで飾る [覆う ].2 …をタペストリーに織り込む [描く ].