Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A maker of carpets or of tapestry.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun rare A maker of tapestry; an upholsterer.
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- noun A
maker oftapestry ; anupholsterer .
Etymologies
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French tapissier.
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Examples
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Here, during the later Middle Ages and the Renaissance the art of the tapiser reached a high state of perfection, more particularly at Arras in France, so much so that arras-work came to be the common designation for all sorts of tapestry, no matter where made.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 14: Simony-Tournon 1840-1916 1913
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A webbe, a deyer and tapiser, "and the tales of the cook and the miller take rank with those of the squire and lawyer.
Tolstoy on Shakespeare A Critical Essay on Shakespeare Leo Tolstoy 1869
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