Bayeux tapestry

American

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

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.

Bayeux tapestry British

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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Etymology

Origin of Bayeux tapestry

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

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