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arras::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | tapestry |
| Type of | hanging, wall hanging |
Examples of arras
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Arras Too, the cafe next door, serves scotch eggs, pork pies and baked goods to go.
From the smh.com.au
Arras is still used to refer to a rich tapestry no matter where it was woven.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Berlusconi and the forces he represents are not defeated merely waiting behind the arras.
From the bbc.co.uk
Stabbing rivals through the arras, however, is not a compulsory module.
From the economist.com
Jonathan Adams'Polonius is so pompous that it's not too distressing to see him stabbed behind the arras.
From the inrich.com
Arras says he was contacted by many of Sweeney's former students when he posted her death on Facebook.
From the suntimes.com
Hamlet, believing it is Claudius hiding behind the arras, stabs wildly through the cloth, killing Polonius.
From the en.wikipedia.org
During this confrontation, he hears a voice from the arras, and, believing that it was Claudius eavesdropping, plunges his dagger into the curtains.
From the en.wikipedia.org
The man's cape and the woman's fox stole, hanging like an arras from their shoulders, formed an impenetrable horizon beneath which I couldn't see the stage.
From the denverpost.com
He is then forced to live in the repressive, puritanical house of William Cecil where, years later, he kills a spying servant lurking behind an arras, much like the death of Polonius in Hamlet.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Polonius, spying on the scene from behind an arras and convinced that the prince's madness is indeed real, panics when it seems as if Hamlet is about to murder the Queen and cries out for help.
From the en.wikipedia.org
- Tapestry: a wall hanging of heavy handwoven fabric with pictorial designs
- Arras is the capital of the Pas-de-Calais department in northern France. The historic centre of the Artois region, its local speech is characterized as a Picard dialect. Unlike many French words, the final "s" in the name should be pronounced.
- A tapestry or wall hanging
- 1980. 4 computer-synthesized soundtracks. 2-Melbourne SMLP-4042-43/4-ACM 37/Cambridge Street CSR-CD-9101
- Noun - a tapestry; a rich figured fabric; especially a screen or hangings of heavy cloth with interwoven figures
- N. - tapestry, especially covering wall. arrasene, n. embroidery material of silk and wool.
- F. 13 coins, specifically 20-centavo coins, given by the bridegroom to the bride during the Catholic wedding ceremony.
