BAYEUX TAPESTRY

Meaning of BAYEUX TAPESTRY in English

a finely decorated cloth wall covering made in the 11th century. It shows the events that led to the Battle of Hastings (1066) between the Normans under William the Conqueror and the English under King Harold II , and the death of King Harold. It is 74 yards (68 metres) long and is kept in a museum at Bayeux in northern France.

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BAYEUX TAPESTRY — Medieval embroidered tapestry depicting the Norman Conquest . Woven in woolen threads of eight colours on coarse linen, it is …
Английский словарь Британика
BAYEUX TAPESTRY — () A piece of linen about 1 ft. 8 in. wide by 213 ft. long, covered with embroidery representing the …
Английский словарь Webster
BAYEUX TAPESTRY — /bay yooh", bah-/ ; Fr. /bann yue"/ a strip of embroidered linen 231 ft. (70 m) long and 20 in. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
BAYEUX TAPESTRY — add. ·- a piece of linen about 1 ft. 8 in. wide by 213 ft. long, covered with embroidery representing …
Webster English vocab
BAYEUX TAPESTRY — medieval embroidery depicting the Norman Conquest of England in 1066, remarkable as a work of art and important as a …
Britannica English vocabulary
BAYEUX TAPESTRY — Bay ‧ eux Tap ‧ es ‧ try, the /ˌbaɪɜː ˈtæpəstri $ baɪˌuː-/ BrE AmE a ↑ tapestry (=large piece …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
BAYEUX TAPESTRY — Medieval embroidered tapestry depicting the Norman Conquest . Woven in woolen threads of eight colours on coarse linen, it is …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
BAYEUX TAPESTRY — Ковёр из Байё
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
TAPESTRY — woven decorative fabric, the design of which is built up in the course of weaving. Broadly, the name may be …
Britannica English vocabulary
TAPESTRY — tapisseríe, textage
English interlingue dictionary
TAPESTRY — kurtina
English-Visayan vocabulary
TAPESTRY — noun (plural -tries) Etymology: Middle English, modification of Anglo-French tapicerie, from tapit, tapis carpet, hanging, from Greek tapētion, diminutive of …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
BAYEUX — geographical name town NW France WNW of Caen population 15,106
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
TAPESTRY — Heavy, reversible, patterned or figured hand-woven textile, usually in the form of a hanging or upholstery fabric. Tapestries are usually …
Английский словарь Британика
TAPESTRY — -trē, -tri noun ( -es ) Etymology: Middle English tapistry, tapstery, modification of Middle French tapisserie, from tapisser to furnish …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
TAPESTRY — (v. t.) To adorn with tapestry, or as with tapestry.
Английский словарь Webster
TAPESTRY — (n.) A fabric, usually of worsted, worked upon a warp of linen or other thread by hand, the designs being …
Английский словарь Webster
TAPESTRY — ( v. t. ) To adorn with tapestry, or as with tapestry.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
TAPESTRY — ( n. ) A fabric, usually of worsted, worked upon a warp of linen or other thread by hand, the …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
TAPESTRY — — tapestrylike , adj. /tap"euh stree/ , n. , pl. tapestries , v. , tapestried, tapestrying . n. 1. a …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
TAPESTRY — n. heavy woven cloth that is used as a decorative wall-hanging or as a cover for furniture
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
BAYEUX — geographical name town NW France WNW of Caen population 15,106
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
TAPESTRY — noun ( plural -tries ) Etymology: Middle English, modification of Anglo-French tapicerie, from tapit, tapis carpet, hanging, from Greek tapētion, …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
TAPESTRY — vt to adorn with tapestry, or as with tapestry. 2. tapestry ·noun a fabric, usually of worsted, worked upon a …
Webster English vocab
TAPESTRY — [tap.es.try] n, pl -tries [ME tapistry, modif. of MF tapisserie, fr. tapisser to carpet, cover with tapestry, fr. OF tapis …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
BAYEUX — town, Calvados dpartement, Basse-Normandie rgion, northwestern France, on the Aure River, northwest of Caen. As Bajocasses, it was a capital …
Britannica English vocabulary
BAYEUX — Bayeux BrE AmE ( ˌ ) baɪ ˈɜː ( ˌ ) beɪ-, -ˈjɜː AmE ˈbeɪ u ˈbaɪ- —French [ ba …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
TAPESTRY — / ˈtæpəstri; NAmE / noun [ C , U ] ( pl. -ies ) a picture or pattern that is …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
TAPESTRY — tap ‧ es ‧ try /ˈtæpəstri, ˈtæpɪstri/ BrE AmE noun ( plural tapestries ) [uncountable and countable] [ Date: 1300-1400 …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
TAPESTRY — n. (pl. -ies) 1 a a thick textile fabric in which coloured weft threads are woven to form pictures or …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
TAPESTRY — n. (pl. -ies) 1 a a thick textile fabric in which coloured weft threads are woven to form pictures or …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
TAPESTRY — n. (pl. -ies) 1. a a thick textile fabric in which coloured weft threads are woven to form pictures or …
Oxford English vocab
TAPESTRY — ( tapestries) 1. A tapestry is a large piece of heavy cloth with a picture sewn on it using coloured …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
TAPESTRY — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ ADJECTIVE rich ▪ Our boys would have weaved a rich tapestry in attack-not appeared as …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
TAPESTRY — [noun] [C] - a piece of cloth whose pattern or picture is created by sewing or weaving different coloured threads …
Cambridge English vocab
TAPESTRY — n. Heavy, reversible, patterned or figured hand-woven textile, usually in the form of a hanging or upholstery fabric. Tapestries are …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
TAPESTRY — noun Tapestry is used before these nouns: ↑ needle
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
TAPESTRY — сущ. а) затканная от руки материя; гобелен to weave a tapestry ≈ ткать гобелен б) декоративная ткань, имитирующая гобелен гобелен; …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
BAYEUX — Байё
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
TAPESTRY — tapestry.ogg 1. ʹtæpıstrı n гобелен; затканная от руки материя; декоративная ткань ( тж. tapestry material) Russian tapestry - ткань для …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
TAPESTRY — 1. ʹtæpıstrı n гобелен; затканная от руки материя; декоративная ткань ( тж. tapestry material) Russian tapestry - ткань для гардин …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
TAPESTRY — сущ. а) затканная от руки материя; гобелен to weave a tapestry — ткать гобелен б) декоративная ткань, имитирующая гобелен
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
TAPESTRY — сущ. а) затканная от руки материя; гобелен to weave a tapestry — ткать гобелен б) декоративная ткань, имитирующая гобелен
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
TAPESTRY — сущ. а) затканная от руки материя; гобелен to weave a tapestry ≈ ткать гобелен б) декоративная ткань, имитирующая гобелен гобелен; …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
ODO OF BAYEUX — or Earl of Kent born с 1036 died February 1097, Palermo Bishop of Bayeux, Normandy, and half brother of William …
Английский словарь Британика
ODO OF BAYEUX — born c. 1036 died February 1097, Palermo French Odon De Bayeux, also called Earl Of Kent half brother of William …
Britannica English vocabulary
BAYEUX TAPESTRY, THE — Bay ‧ eux Tap ‧ es ‧ try, the /ˌbaɪɜː ˈtæpəstri $ baɪˌuː-/ BrE AmE a ↑ tapestry (=large piece …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
ODO OF BAYEUX — or Earl of Kent born 0441; 1036 died February 1097, Palermo Bishop of Bayeux, Normandy, and half brother of William …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
OMAHA BEACH — geographical name W central part of Normandy beaches NW France NW of Bayeux; in World War II landing place of …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
HALLEY'S COMET — First comet whose return was predicted, proving that at least some comets are members of the solar system . Norman …
Английский словарь Британика
FIGUREHEAD — Ornamental symbol or figure placed on a prominent part of a ship, usually at the bow. It could be a …
Английский словарь Британика
EMBROIDERY — Art of decorating textiles with needle and thread. Among the basic techniques are cross-stitch, crewel work, and quilting. The Persians …
Английский словарь Британика
BAIOCCO — noun or ba·joc·co bəˈyȯ(ˌ)kō ; or ba·ioc bəˈyȯk ( plural baioc·chi -ȯkē ; or baioccos -ȯ(ˌ)kōz ; or bajoc·chi -ȯkē …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
OMAHA BEACH — W central part of Normandy beaches NW France NW of Bayeux; in World War II landing place of American army …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
POINT COLBERT — (French: Colbert lace), needle-made lace developed at Bayeux in France in 1855, inspired by 17th-century Alenon lace (q.v.) and named …
Britannica English vocabulary
LONGSHIP — also called Viking Ship, type of sail and oar vessel that predominated in northern European waters for more than 1,500 …
Britannica English vocabulary
HERALDRY — the science and art that deals with the use, display, and regulation of hereditary symbols employed to distinguish individuals, institutions, …
Britannica English vocabulary
HANDBELL — small bellusually of brass or bronze but sometimes of copper, clay, porcelain, glass, or other hard materialwith an attached stem, …
Britannica English vocabulary
GUERNSEY, FLAG OF — flag of a British crown possession, flown subordinate to the Union Jack, that consists of a white field (background) with …
Britannica English vocabulary
CALVADOS — dpartement, Basse-Normandie rgion, northern France. It fronts the English Channel in Seine Bay between the Cotentin peninsula (west) and the …
Britannica English vocabulary

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