tapestry has definitions from the field of clothing
1
[ noun ] something that is felt to resemble a tapestry in its complexity

Examples

"the tapestry of European history"

Used in print

(Irving Fineman, Woman of Valor: The Life of Henrietta...)

Into the texture of this tapestry of history and human drama Henrietta , as every artist delights to do , wove strands of her own intuitive insights into human nature and - especially in the remarkable story of the attraction and conflict between two so disparate and fervent characters as this pair - into the relations of men and women : `` In their relations , she was the giver and he the receiver , nay the demander .

Related terms

complexity

2
[ noun ] (clothing) a heavy textile with a woven design; used for curtains and upholstery

Synonyms

tapis

Related terms

fabric

3
[ noun ] a wall hanging of heavy handwoven fabric with pictorial designs

Synonyms

arras

Related terms

hanging edging

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