Hypertext Webster Gateway: "arras"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Arras \Ar"ras\, n. [From Arras the capital of Artois, in the
French Netherlands.]
Tapestry; a rich figured fabric; especially, a screen or
hangings of heavy cloth with interwoven figures.
Stateliest couches, with rich arras spread. --Cowper.
Behind the arras I'll convey myself. --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Arras \Ar"ras\, v. t.
To furnish with an arras. --Chapman.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
arras
n : a wall hanging of heavy handwoven fabric with pictorial
designs [syn: {tapestry}]
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