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arras

/ˈæɹəs/

arras noun: a tapestry or wall hanging.

Noun

arras (countable and uncountable, plural arrases)

  1. A tapestry or wall hanging.
    • At such a time I'll loose my daughter to him: / Be you and I behind an arras thenc. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac...
    • And with their conſorts chaſte at night they ſleep / On ſtatelieſt couches with rich arras ſpread.1791, Homer, “[The Odyssey.] Book X.”, in W[illiam] Cowper, transl., The Iliad and Odyssey of Homer, Translated into Blank Verse, […], volume II, London: […] J[oseph] Johnson, […], →OCLC, page 219...

Proper noun capitalized: Arras

Arras

  1. A city, the capital of Pas-de-Calais department, Hauts-de-France, France, the historic centre of the Artois region

arras meaning in Tamil and Bengali

arras in Tamil

ஓவியத்திரை, சுவர்மறைப்புத்திரை, அலங்காரச்சிலை, விசிறிமுனை

arras in Bengali

দেওয়ালে ঝোলানো শোভাবর্ধক টেপেস্ট্রি, পর্দা

Examples of arras in a sentence

  • The room was hung with coarſe arras, which concealed the cloſet; […]1794, Charlotte Smith, chapter VII, in The Banished Man. […], volume I, London: […] T[homas] Cadell, Jun. and W[illiam] Davies, (successors...
  • Dozens of walls were covered with arrases like acts of homage, recognition, or flattery.1982, Stephen R. Donaldson, The One Tree, page 241:

Forms of arras

pluralarrases

Origin of arras

From Middle English arras, from Middle French draps d'Arras, from the city of Arras, which was a major source for tapestries in the 15th century.

Words formed from arras

Words that rhyme with arras

Questions about arras

What does arras mean?
Arras means a tapestry or wall hanging.
What is arras in Tamil?
Arras in Tamil is ஓவியத்திரை, சுவர்மறைப்புத்திரை, அலங்காரச்சிலை. See Arras meaning in Tamil.
How do you use arras in a sentence?
The room was hung with coarſe arras, which concealed the cloſet; […]
What part of speech is arras?
Arras can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce arras?
Arras is pronounced /ˈæɹəs/.
What is the plural of arras?
The plural of arras is arrases.

Words near arras in the dictionary

  1. arrantest
  2. arrantly
  3. Arrants
  4. Arrantses
  5. Arrarnta
  6. arras
  7. arrased
  8. arrasene
  9. arrasenes
  10. arrases
  11. Arrasmith

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: arras (page history and authors); Arras (page history and authors); arras (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); arras (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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