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Gobelins

Gobelins is the plural of Gobelin.

Meaning of Gobelin

Noun

Gobelin (plural Gobelins)

  1. A mainly French and Flemish type of tapestry having richly coloured pictorial designs.
    • So this was my future home, I thought![…]Backed by towering hills, the but faintly discernible purple line of the French boundary off to the southwest, a sky of palest Gobelin flecked with fat, fleecy little clouds, it in truth looked a dear little city; the city of one's dreams.1908, W[illiam] B[lair] M[orton] Ferguson, chapter IV, in Zollenstein, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC, page 40

Questions about Gobelins

What is Gobelins the plural of?
Gobelins is the plural of Gobelin.

Words near Gobelins in the dictionary

  1. gobdaws
  2. gobe-mouche
  3. Gobel
  4. Gobelin
  5. Gobelin scarlet
  6. Gobelins
  7. Gobels
  8. gobemouche
  9. gobemouches
  10. Goben
  11. Gobena

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