Bayeux tapestry

[ bey-yoo, bah-; French ba-yœ ]

noun

1. 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.

Bayeux tapestry

noun

1. 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

Word History and Origins

Origin of Bayeux tapestry¹

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

Example Sentences

Mr Archer might well seek to avoid the Bayeux Tapestry, for its evidence is dead against him, and he cannot explain it away.

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Now 'the priceless record'—the Bayeux Tapestry—represents them on a plain.

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But if the Bayeux Tapestry be correct, the fury of the fight for the standard would be explained.

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The ventayle; Used here for the nasale or nose-piece shown in the Bayeux Tapestry.

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A picture of the comet on this occasion forms a quaint feature in the Bayeux Tapestry.

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