資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Bayeux tapestry \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.