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Word entry · 8 letters

tapestry

Best crossword clue

"Pictorial wall cloth"

8 letters · collected on this word page

8 lettersPronunciation /ˈtæpəstɹi/Part of speech nounSorted aeprsttyStarts with TEnds with Y2 cluesCommon crossword word
1T2A3P4E5S6T7R8Y

Definitions

  1. a wall hanging of heavy handwoven fabric often with pictorial designs

Word origin

From Middle English tapestrie, from Old French tapisserie (“tapestry”), from Ancient Greek τάπης (tápēs), from an Iranian source.

Used in a sentence

  • European adventurers found themselves within a watery world, a tapestry of streams, channels, wetlands, lakes and lush riparian meadows enriched by floodwaters from the Mississippi River.
  • We had run above twenty miles when the sun set, carpeting the sea, and tapestrying the sky with a rare unison of delicate green and golden hues […]
  • The banqueting-hall, all open to the sky, and with thick curtains of ivy tapestrying the walls, and grass and weeds growing on the arches that overpass it, is indescribably beautiful.

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Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues

01Pictorial wall cloth8 letters
02Woven wall hanging8 letters

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