/ˈæɹəs/
OriginFrom Middle English arras, from Middle French draps d'Arras, from the city of Arras, which was a major source for tapestries in the 15th century.
- countable, uncountableA tapestry or wall hanging.
“At such a time I'll loose my daughter to him: / Be you and I behind an arras then”
“And with their conſorts chaſte at night they ſleep / On ſtatelieſt couches with rich arras ſpread.”
“The room was hung with coarſe arras, which concealed the cloſet; […]”
- A city, the capital of Pas-de-Calais department, Hauts-de-France, France, the historic centre of the Artois region
Formsarrases(plural)