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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

AR'RAS, n. Tapestry; hangings wove with figures.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a wall hanging of heavy handwoven fabric with pictorial designs [syn: tapestry, arras]

Merriam Webster's

noun (plural arras) Etymology: Middle English, from Arras, France Date: 15th century 1. a tapestry of Flemish origin used especially for wall hangings and curtains 2. a wall hanging or screen of tapestry

Merriam Webster's

geographical name city N France SSW of Lille population 42,715

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. hist. a rich tapestry, often hung on the walls of a room, or to conceal an alcove. Etymology: Arras, a town in NE France famous for the fabric

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Arras Ar"ras, v. t. To furnish with an arras. --Chapman.

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. Tapestry, hangings.