tapestried

[tap-uh-streed]

adjective

furnished or covered with tapestries.

represented in tapestry, as a story.

Origin of tapestried

First recorded in 1620–30; tapestry + -ed², -ed³

Related formsun·tap·es·tried, adjective

tapestry

[tap-uh-stree]

noun, plural tap·es·tries.

a fabric consisting of a warp upon which colored threads are woven by hand to produce a design, often pictorial, used for wall hangings, furniture coverings, etc.

a machine-woven reproduction of this.

verb (used with object), tap·es·tried, tap·es·try·ing.

to furnish, cover, or adorn with tapestry.

to represent or depict in a tapestry.

Origin of tapestry

1400–50; late Middle English tapst(e)ry, tapistry < Middle French tapisserie carpeting. See tapis, -ery

Related formstap·es·try·like, adjective

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Examples from the Web for tapestried

Historical Examples of tapestried

It led to the tapestried chamber, and years ago they used to steal up it and peep into the room.
White Lies
Charles Reade
He showed her the state-rooms with their tapestried walls and painted ceilings.
Diana Tempest, Volume II (of 3)
Mary Cholmondeley
He has been evicted by turning his tapestried chamber into the smoking-room.
The Book of Dreams and Ghosts
Andrew Lang
The apartments are high and large, and splendidly painted, tapestried, and furnished.
Visit to Iceland
Ida Pfeiffer
Leave it to Dunn to be lounging in the other tapestried chair.
Behind the Scenes in Warring Germany
Edward Lyell Fox

British Dictionary definitions for tapestried

tapestry

noun plural -tries

a heavy ornamental fabric, often in the form of a picture, used for wall hangings, furnishings, etc, and made by weaving coloured threads into a fixed warp

another word for needlepoint

a colourful and complicated situationthe rich tapestry of London life

Derived Formstapestried, adjectivetapestry-like, adjective

Word Origin for tapestry

C15: from Old French tapisserie carpeting, from Old French tapiz carpet; see tapis

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Word Origin and History for tapestried

tapestry

mid-15c., variant of tapissery (early 15c.), from Middle French tapisserie "tapestry" (14c.), from tapisser "to cover with heavy fabric," from tapis "heavy fabric," from Old French tapiz (12c.), from Vulgar Latin *tappetium, from Byzantine Greek tapetion, from classical Greek, diminutive of tapes (genitive tapetos) "tapestry, heavy fabric," probably from an Iranian source (cf. Persian taftan, tabidan "to turn, twist"). The figurative use is first recorded 1580s.