Middle English Dictionary Entry

tapē̆t(e n.
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1.
(a) A piece of decorative fabric bearing a painted, embroidered, or woven pattern or figures and used variously as a carpet, coverlet, bed or wall hanging, or the like, a tapestry; also fig.; also in fig. contexts as a symbol of luxury; (b) a hanging screen of tapestry, an arras; (c) anat. a protective cushion, pad; (d) ?error for table n.