Gobelin

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A mainly French and Flemish type of tapestry having richly coloured pictorial designs.

Word forms

Gobelin Gobelins

Etymology

Named after a Parisian manufacturing company founded by Jean Gobelin, whose French name derives from German Kobold (“evil gnome”).

Related words

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