tapestry /ˈtæpəstɹi/noun 2verb 1forms 3 noun2 •A heavy woven cloth, often with decorative pictorial designs, normally hung on walls. •Anything with variegated or complex details.European adventurers found themselves within a watery world, a tapestry of streams, channels, wetlands, lakes and lush riparian meadows enriched by floodwaters from the Mississippi River. — 2013 verb1 •To decorate with tapestry, or as if with a tapestry.We had run above twenty miles when the sun set, carpeting the sea, and tapestrying the sky with a rare unison of delicate green and golden hues […] — 1833 formstapestried · tapestrying · tapestries