Bayeux tapestry

American  

[bey-yoo, bah-, ba-yœ] / beɪˈyu, bɑ-, baˈyœ /

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

Fischer does not however see any analogy between the Bayeux tapestry and the Elgin Marbles, the treasure of the British museum whose return Greece has so long demanded.

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

For all we know, the Pyramids might have been designed by women, and the Bayeux tapestry almost certainly was; but ever since art history began to be systematically written, its heroes have all been men.

From Time Magazine Archive

I come now to the earliest large work remaining to us of the period—the Bayeux tapestry.

From Needlework As Art by Alford, Marianne Margaret Compton Cust, Viscountess