Bayeux tapestry

[ bey-yoo, bah-; French ba-yœ ]

noun

1. a strip of embroidered linen 231 feet (70 meters) long and 20 inches (50 centimeters) wide, depicting the Norman conquest of England and dating from around 1100.

Bayeux tapestry

noun

1. 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

Word History and Origins

Origin of Bayeux tapestry¹

After Bayeux, France, the town in which it was made