gobelin

• POS: Adjective, Noun
• HYPHEN: Gob=e=lin

CIDE DICTIONARY

gobelin, a. 

 Pertaining to tapestry produced in the so-called Gobelin works, which have been maintained by the French Government since 1667.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

gobelin, n. (in full Gobelin tapestry)
1 a tapestry made at the Gobelins factory.
2 a tapestry imitating this.

Etymology

name of a State factory in Paris, called Gobelins after its orig. owners