n. (pl. -ies)
1. a a thick textile fabric in which coloured weft threads are woven to form pictures or designs. b embroidery imitating this, usu. in wools on canvas. c a piece of such embroidery.
2 events or circumstances etc. compared with a tapestry in being intricate, interwoven, etc. (life's rich tapestry).
Derivatives:
tapestried adj.
Etymology: ME, alt. f. tapissery f. OF tapisserie f. tapissier tapestry-worker or tapisser to carpet, f. tapis: see TAPIS