Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Tapestry \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}.

Tapestry \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.

Source : WordNet®

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