place
Arras
also: Arros
City of Artois famed for its woven tapestries---so famous that 'arras' became an English word for tapestry; Charles carried such hangings in his baggage train.
Reading notes
- The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge §368 tapestries of Arras
Arras, the Artois city whose woven hangings were so famous the word 'arras' came to mean tapestry; Charles hauled such treasures with his army.