tapestried

American  

[tap-uh-streed] / ˈtæp ə strid /

adjective

1. furnished or covered with tapestries.

2. represented in tapestry, as a story.

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Other Word Forms

• untapestried
  adjective

Etymology

Origin of tapestried

First recorded in 1620–30; tapestry + -ed ², -ed ³

Example Sentences

There is an early example in Sir Walter Scott’s Tapestried Chamber, which was told to him by Miss Anna Seward. 

From The Book of Dreams and Ghosts by Lang, Andrew

I therefore caused the Tapestried Chamber, as we call it, to be opened; and without destroying its air of antiquity, I had such new articles of furniture placed in it as became the modern times.

From Waverley Novels — Volume 12 by Scott, Walter, Sir

But no better example can be found of Scott's command of the mysterious as an element in fiction than this short story of "The Tapestried Chamber."

From The Scrap Book, Volume 1, No. 3 May 1906 by Various

They now appear with their intended companions: the slightest, The Tapestried Chamber, is perhaps the best.

From Sir Walter Scott Famous Scots Series by Saintsbury, George

Lord Tennyson adds, "The Tapestried Chamber also he greatly admired."

From Alfred Tennyson by Lang, Andrew