Arras

  • 31arras — [15] An arras is a tapestry hanging, immortalized by Shakespeare in Hamlet when he conceals Polonius behind one, there to be killed by Hamlet. The word comes from the Anglo Norman phrase draps d’arras, literally ‘cloth of Arras’: Arras is a city… …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 32arras — [15] An arras is a tapestry hanging, immortalized by Shakespeare in Hamlet when he conceals Polonius behind one, there to be killed by Hamlet. The word comes from the Anglo Norman phrase draps d’arras, literally ‘cloth of Arras’: Arras is a city… …

    Word origins

  • 33arras — noun (plural arras) Etymology: Middle English, from Arras, France Date: 15th century 1. a tapestry of Flemish origin used especially for wall hangings and curtains 2. a wall hanging or screen of tapestry …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 34arras — s f pl Conjunto de las trece monedas que el desposado da a la desposada en ciertas ceremonias nupciales: entregar las arras, madrina de arras …

    Español en México

  • 35arras — {{#}}{{LM A03403}}{{〓}} {{[}}arras{{]}} ‹a·rras› {{《}}▍ s.f.pl.{{》}} Conjunto de las trece monedas que los novios se entregan en la celebración de su matrimonio, como símbolo de los bienes que ambos van a compartir: • En la ceremonia del… …

    Diccionario de uso del español actual con sinónimos y antónimos

  • 36arras — noun A tapestry or wall hanging. Be you and I behind an arras then …

    Wiktionary

  • 37Arras — The town in Flanders, near Lille, after which a rich kind of tapestry was named, depicting figures and scenes, esp. mythological. Its reputation for quality was Europe wide, giving rise to the Italian word for tapestry, arrazzo, and the Spanish… …

    Dictionary of Medieval Terms and Phrases

  • 38Arras — Übername zu mhd. arraz »leichtes Wollengewebe, Rasch«. Die mittelhochdeutsche Bezeichnung für den Stoff geht auf den Herstellungsort, die Stadt Arras in den Niederlanden (heute Nordfrankreich), zurück …

    Wörterbuch der deutschen familiennamen

  • 39Arras — Aras Арас (Macedonian), Arasu アラス (Japanese), Arazzo (medieval Italian), Arras (French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Romanian, Swedish), Atrecht (Dutch) …

    Names of cities in different languages

  • 40arras —   Ethiopian arras or adschar. Vernacular name for the species in Ethiopia …

    Etymological dictionary of grasses