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.

 

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Ar"ras, v. t.

To furnish with an arras.

Chapman.

 

© Webster 1913.

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