Bayeux tapestry

American  

[bey-yoo, bah-, ba-yœ] / beɪˈju, bɑ-, baˈjœ /

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.

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Bayeux tapestry British  

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

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Etymology

Origin of Bayeux tapestry

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

Example Sentences

Cullinan said they "send and receive thousands of loans each year - including ancient frescoes and textiles which are older than the Bayeux tapestry".

From BBC • Jan. 14, 2026

Britain does not claim to own the Bayeux tapestry, after all – he points out.

From The Guardian • Jan. 19, 2018

She created something new in the world of contemporary biography, writing the life stories and afterlives of iconic works of art such as the Bayeux tapestry and the stained-glass windows of King's College Chapel, Cambridge.

From The Guardian • Jul. 27, 2010

Men did not make the Bayeux tapestry, or embroider the gold-worked opus Anglicanum chasubles that were among the supreme glories of medieval art.

From Time Magazine Archive

According to Matthew Paris, it was the first cruciform church erected in England, the immense size and beauty of which can be seen in the Bayeux tapestry.

From Cathedral Cities of England by Gilbert, George