Bayeux tapestry

[ bey-yoo, bah-; French ba-yœ ]

noun

a strip of embroidered linen 231 feet (70 meters) long and 20 inches (50 centimeters) wide, depicting the Norman conquest of England and dating from around 1100.

Origin of Bayeux tapestry

After Bayeux, France, the town in which it was made

Words Nearby Bayeux tapestry

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How to use Bayeux tapestry in a sentence

Mr Archer might well seek to avoid the Bayeux tapestry, for its evidence is dead against him, and he cannot explain it away.
Feudal England -- Historical Studies On The Eleventh And Twelfth Centuries | J.H. Round
Now 'the priceless record'—the Bayeux tapestry—represents them on a plain.
Feudal England -- Historical Studies On The Eleventh And Twelfth Centuries | J.H. Round
But if the Bayeux tapestry be correct, the fury of the fight for the standard would be explained.
Hereward, The Last of the English | Charles Kingsley
The ventayle; Used here for the nasale or nose-piece shown in the Bayeux tapestry.
The Visions of England | Francis T. Palgrave
A picture of the comet on this occasion forms a quaint feature in the Bayeux tapestry.
The Story of the Heavens | Robert Stawell Ball

British Dictionary definitions for Bayeux tapestry

Bayeux tapestry

noun

an 11th- or 12th-century embroidery in Bayeux, nearly 70.5 m (231 ft) long by 50 cm (20 inches) high, depicting the Norman conquest of England

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