TAPERING
Ta"per*ing, a.
Defn: Becoming gradually smaller toward one end.
— Ta"per*ing*ly, adv.
TAPERNESS
Ta"per*ness, n.
Defn: The quality or state of being taper; tapering form; taper.
Shenstone.
TAPESTRY Tap"es*try, n.; pl. Tapestries. Etym: [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. Tapis, Tippet.]
Defn: 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. (Zoöl.) Same as Carpet moth, under Carpet.
TAPESTRY
Tap"es*try, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tapestried; p. pr. & vb. n.
Tapestrying.]
Defn: 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.
TAPESTRY BEETLE
Tap"es*try bee"tle.
Defn: A small black dermestoid beetle (Attagenus piceus) whose larva feeds on tapestry, carpets, silk, fur, flour, and various other goods.