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Gob⋅e⋅lin

[gob-uh-lin, goh-buh-; Fr. gaw-blan]
–adjective
1. made at the tapestry factory established in Paris in the 15th century by the Gobelins, a French family of dyers and weavers.
2. resembling the tapestry made at the Gobelin factory.

Origin:
1780–90
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Go·be·lin   (gō'bə-lĭn, gŏb'ə-)   
n.  A tapestry of a kind woven at the Gobelin works in Paris, France, noted for rich pictorial design.
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