Ba`yeux" tap"es*try (?).
A piece of linen about 1 ft.
8 in. wide by 213 ft. long, covered with embroidery representing the
incidents of William the Conqueror's expedition to England, preserved
in the town museum of Bayeux in Normandy. It is probably of the 11th
century, and is attributed by tradition to Matilda, the Conqueror's
wife.
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