bayeux tapestry

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Definitions of bayeux tapestry words

noun bayeux tapestry an 11th- or 12th-century embroidery in Bayeux, nearly 70.5 m (231 ft) long by 50 cm (20 inches) high, depicting the Norman conquest of England 3
noun bayeux tapestry an embroidered length of linen, 231 feet (70 m) long and 191⁄2 inches (51 cm) wide, probably of the 11th cent., in the museum of Bayeux, in NW France, picturing incidents of the Norman conquest and events leading up to it 3
noun bayeux tapestry a strip of embroidered linen 231 feet (70 meters) long and 20 inches (50 cm) wide, depicting the Norman conquest of England and dating from c1100. 1

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