gobelin
Gobelin stands for:
- Gobelin-Manufaktur , tapestry manufacture on the avenue des Gobelins in Paris
- Image knitting (tapestry), which was exclusively made in the tapestry factory
- Gobelin embroidery , an imitation of picture knitting , see Embroidery #Gobelin
- Tapestry painting , an imitation of picture knitting, in which tapestry- like pictures are painted onto a fabric
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Wiktionary: Gobelin - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations