Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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.

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

Source : WordNet®

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