Arras, France

Ar·ras (

-räs

)

A city of northern France south-southwest of Lille. It was a famous woolen and tapestry center in the Middle Ages. Population: 41,400.

ar·ras (

n. pl. arras

1. A wall hanging; a tapestry.

2. A curtain or wall hanging, especially one of Flemish origin.

[Middle English, after Arras.]

arras [ˈærəs]

(Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Furniture) a wall hanging, esp of tapestry

Arras [ˈærəs (French) arɑs]

(Placename) a town in N France: formerly famous for tapestry; severely damaged in both World Wars. Pop.: 42 715 (1990)

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Noun

arras - a wall hanging of heavy handwoven fabric with pictorial designs

tapestry

edging - border consisting of anything placed on the edge to finish something (such as a fringe on clothing or on a rug)

hanging, wall hanging - decoration that is hung (as a tapestry) on a wall or over a window; "the cold castle walls were covered with hangings"

Translations

arras

n (old) → (Arazzo)wandteppich m

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Agincourt
defeat
edging
hanging
Pas-de-Calais
tapestry
wall hanging

CAPTION(S): REMEMBERED: Bob Irish's granddad Douglas Scott, Douglas's grave in Arras, France, and a treasured photo of his family; ON THE HUNT: Bob Irish, from Low Fell, is trying to trace a long-lost war memorial plaque PICTURE: MIKE URWIN www.

Hunt is on for missing plaque; Search launched for long-lost memorial ... by Evening Chronicle (Newcastle, England)

They told him that the gravestones are manufactured at a workshop in Arras, France, and that the inscriptions were rigorously checked.

Grave error by Evening Gazette (Middlesbrough, England)

His citation reads: "For most conspicuous bravery and devotion to duty near Arras, France, on 19th April 1917, when his battalion in attack was held up about 350 yards in advance of our lines by intense fire from front and flank, and suffered heavy casualties.

Bravest of the brave by Huddersfield Daily Examiner (Huddersfield, England)

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