1. [n]  a wall hanging of heavy handwoven fabric with pictorial designs
2. [n]  a heavy textile with a woven design; used for curtains and upholstery
3. [n]  something that is felt to resemble a tapestry in its complexity; "the tapestry of European history"

Tapestry
This book, now available for the first time in paperback, traces the history of tapestry from early examples to modern pieces. The different forms of tapestry associated with tribal and nomadic life are discussed, as well as those of the developed world, and tapestry is considered both as an art form and as an everyday, practical craft. The copious illustrations reveal the sumptuous texture and beauty of tapestries in detail, and show them in the settings in which they are used. This is an inspiring sourcebook of ideas that also offers practical advice on where to see the most interesting collections, how to buy antique or modern tapestry and how to care for it.

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1. \Tap"es*try\, n.; pl. {Tapestries}. [F. tapissere, fr.
   tapisser to carpet, to hang, or cover with tapestry, fr.
   tapis a carpet, carpeting, LL. tapecius, fr. L. tapete
   carpet, tapestry, Gr. ?, ?. Cf. {Tapis}, {Tippet}.]
   A fabric, usually of worsted, worked upon a warp of linen or
   other thread by hand, the designs being usually more or less
   pictorial and the stuff employed for wall hangings and the
   like. The term is also applied to different kinds of
   embroidery.
   {Tapestry carpet}, a kind of carpet, somewhat resembling
      Brussels, in which the warp is printed before weaving, so
      as to produce the figure in the cloth.
   {Tapestry moth}. (Zo["o]l.) Same as {Carpet moth}, under
      {Carpet}.
   

2. \Tap"es*try\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Tapestried}; p. pr.
   & vb. n. {Tapestrying}.]
   To adorn with tapestry, or as with tapestry.
         The Trosachs wound, as now, between gigantic walls of
         rock tapestried with broom and wild roses. --Macaulay.