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

It has inspired works from the iconic Bayeux Tapestry to an eight-part BBC drama last year, but Prof Tom Licence, an expert in medieval history and literature at the University of East Anglia, said he has found 19th Century historians missed an important detail.

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It comes amid preparations for the Bayeux Tapestry to go on display at the British Museum, on loan from France, following a historic agreement.

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Nothing in the Bayeux Tapestry had been found wrong in light of his findings, he said.

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He said he hoped it would inspire people to see the Bayeux Tapestry while it is in London.

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At the British Museum, Prof Michael Lewis, curator of the Bayeux Tapestry Exhibition, said Licence had come up with a "fascinating discovery", that Harold took "an easier, more logical, trip south by ship to meet Duke William in battle".

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