All 3 Uses of
tapestry
in
The Poisonwood Bible
- They recorded their history in fabulous tapestries that hung on the palace walls, and had skillful knives and swords and such, which they used to conquer the neighboring tribes and enslave them.†
Chpt 5 *tapestries = rug-like artworks -- often hung on a wall for display
- We saw every one of these things—the tapestries depicting violent acts and the swords and knives and even a throne with human skulls attached to the bottoms of all four legs, plated with bronze like keepsake baby shoes!†
Chpt 5
- It is a sheer tapestry of justice.†
Chpt 2
Definitions:
-
(1)
(tapestry as in: the tapestry hangs in the museum) rug-like artwork -- often hung on a wall for display
-
(2)
(tapestry as in: the tapestry of my life) something consisting of many interconnected, non-mechanical parts