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/ˈtapistrē/,
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tapestries, plural;
  1. 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

  2. Used in reference to an intricate or complex combination of things or sequence of events
    • - a tapestry of cultures, races, and customs
  1. (tapestry) something that resembles a tapestry in its complex pictorial designs; "the tapestry of European history"
  2. (tapestry) a heavy textile with a woven design; used for curtains and upholstery
  3. Tapestries MUCK (frequently informally shortened to "Taps") is an adults-only social and roleplaying MUCK popular within the furry fandom. ...
  4. Tapestry is a form of textile art, woven on a vertical loom. It is composed of two sets of interlaced threads, those running parallel to the length (called the warp) and those parallel to the width (called the weft); the warp threads are set up under tension on a loom, and the weft thread is ...
  5. (Tapestry (album)) Tapestry is a pop album by singer-songwriter Carole King, released in 1971. It features minimal production by Lou Adler. ...
  6. (Tapestry (DHT)) Tapestry is a distributed hash table which provides a decentralized object location, routing, and multicasting infrastructure for distributed applications. ...
  7. (Tapestry (Don McLean album)) Tapestry is the name of Don McLean's 1970 debut album. The album was originally released by Mediarts Records but was re-launched in 1971 by United Artists after United Artists' purchase of Mediarts.
  8. (Tapestry (Keith Getty album)) Tapestry is Keith Getty's first studio album with Kristyn Lennox, who would later become his wife. Kristyn also replaced Máire Brennan on subsequent releases (nos. 2-4) of Keith's New Irish Hymns CD series. All songs on the album are by Keith and Kristyn.
  9. (Tapestry) a Jacquard woven with multiple warps and wefts creating various color patterns or scenes. Used as wall hangings for decoration or somtimes to cover furniture.
  10. (Tapestry) a closely woven figured fabric with a compound structure in which a pattern is developed by the use of coloured yarns in the warp or in the weft or both. A fine binder warp and weft may be incorporated. The fabric is woven on jacquard looms and is normally used for upholstery.
  11. (Tapestry) A hand-woven wall hanging with a flat weave, usually characterized by complicated pictorial designs.  It also refers to weft face weave.
  12. (Tapestry) Originally ornamental Oriental embroideries in which colored threads of wool, gold, silk or silver were interspersed for adornment. In the textile industry, a tapestry warp differs from a typical solid colored warp in that it is multicolored. ...
  13. (Tapestry) Decorative woven fabric with an elaborate design, ofen used to hang a the wall.
  14. (Tapestry) A heavy, often hand-woven, ribbed fabric, featuring an elaborate design depicting a historical or current pictorial display. ...
  15. (tapestry) A heavy, hand woven textile depicting monumental scenes. Tapestries are designed to be hung on walls.
  16. (TAPESTRY) a plain weave technique used to produce complex, hand-woven European pictorial designs. These are now, most often, Jacquard woven with multiple warps and wefts.
  17. (Tapestry (bricks)) Mottled biscuit-coloured glazed decorative bricks with embossed curved combed patterns, popular in the 1930s.
  18. (Tapestry) (Medieval lyrics, Waddel transl). 1989. Chor, orch. Ms
  19. (Tapestry) (Textile) A hand-woven fabric in which the pattern is woven on a loom. Of the two weaving systems, in the haute lisse (high warp) the loom is upright and the leashes are worked by hand, whereas in the basse lisse (low warp) the loom is horizontal and the leashes are operated by ...
  20. (Tapestry) A completely weft-faced fabric, often characterized by weft yarns that don't pass the full width of the fabric, but instead fill smaller areas. Commonly misused to refer to highly decorative brocades.
  21. (Tapestry) A decorative fabric image, like needlepoint effect, usually hung on cold castle walls for warmth and decor.
  22. (Tapestry) A decorative woven fabric that features a scenic display; traditionally, a heavy fabric panel that hangs from a wall.
  23. (Tapestry) A heavy hand-woven fabric panel, often used as a wall decoration. Aubusson weavers are renowned for their fine tapestries. (See Aubusson)
  24. (Tapestry) A heavy, often ornately designed textile typically used for wall-hangings and large draperies. From the French tapis meaning carpet.
  25. (Tapestry) A jacquard woven fabric in cotton, wool, or man-made fibers. The design is woven in by means of colored filling yarns. On the back, shaded stripes identify this fabric.