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Bayeux Tapestry
(Bay¦eux Tapestry)
Pronunciation:
/bʌɪˈjəː/
an embroidered cloth, about 70 metres (230 feet) long, illustrating events leading up to the Norman Conquest and made between 1066 and 1077 for the bishop of Bayeux in Normandy.
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