Definition of "tapestry" []

• A heavy cloth woven with rich, often varicolored designs or scenes, usually hung on walls for decoration and sometimes used to cover furniture. (noun)
• Something felt to resemble a richly and complexly designed cloth: the tapestry of world history. (noun)
• To hang or decorate with tapestry. (verb-transitive)
• To make, weave, or depict in a tapestry. (verb-transitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "Meanwhile as a backdrop the tapestry is an ongoing piece of work, as we say in the NHS."
• "Nava's engagement in tapestry began in 1999 when he was commissioned to create 3 cycles of tapestries for the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels in Los Angeles."
• "One memorable tapestry from the show is of a young woman with straight blonde hair who faces the viewer with some apparent shyness."