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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

[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.

Shakespeare

Verb.

To furnish with an arras.

Chapman.

Noun.

Tapestry; hangings wove with figures.

See also: arras

arrás m (plural arrases)