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# tapestry

noun (a tapestry, tapestries)

«tapestry» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A heavy piece of cloth with a picture or pattern made by weaving or sewing coloured threads, hung on a wall. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tapestry/#m1)
2. (literary) A rich mixture of many different things: «a tapestry of cultures». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tapestry/#m2)

### In the lessons

In history lessons, the Bayeux Tapestry (actually an embroidery) tells the story of the Norman Conquest and the Battle of Hastings in 1066; castles had tapestries to keep rooms warm and colourful. In writing, «a rich tapestry» describes variety. Phrases: «the Bayeux Tapestry», «woven tapestry», «a rich tapestry of».

### Examples

- The Bayeux Tapestry shows the Battle of Hastings. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tapestry/#x1)
- The castle walls were covered with old tapestries. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tapestry/#x2)
- Tapestries helped keep cold stone rooms warm. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tapestry/#x3)
- Our class made a tapestry from scraps of wool. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tapestry/#x4)
- London is a rich tapestry of cultures and languages. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tapestry/#x5)
- The tapestry shows hunters, dogs and a deer. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tapestry/#x6)
- See, I and my maidens have been weaving their figures into this piece of tapestry." [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tapestry/#x7)

### Note

Plural «tapestries» (y → ies). Fact trap: the Bayeux Tapestry is about 70 metres long and is really embroidery (sewn on linen), not woven tapestry. Spelling: tap-es-try.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «tapestry» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tapestry/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«tapestry» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/tapestry.html) on Mova free.