Definition of "arras"
arras
/ˈæɹəs/
noun
countable and uncountable, plural arrases
Quotations
At such a time I'll loose my daughter to him: / Be you and I behind an arras then
c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, [Act II, scene ii], lines 159-160
And with their conſorts chaſte at night they ſleep / On ſtatelieſt couches with rich arras ſpread.
1791, Homer, W[illiam] Cowper, transl., “[The Odyssey.] Book X.”, in The Iliad and Odyssey of Homer, Translated into Blank Verse, […], volume II, London: […] J[oseph] Johnson, […], page 219, lines 13–14