English

Noun

Gobelin ‎(plural Gobelins)

1. A mainly French and Flemish type of tapestry having richly coloured pictorial designs.
   • 1908, W[illiam] B[lair] M[orton] Ferguson, Zollenstein, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, OCLC 29686887 , chapter IV:

     So this was my future home, I thought! […] Backed by towering hills, the but faintly discernible purple line of the French boundary off to the southwest, a sky of palest Gobelin flecked with fat, fleecy little clouds, it in truth looked a dear little city; the city of one's dreams.

Translations

See also

• gobelin
• goblin

Anagrams

• ignoble

Dutch

Noun

gobelin m, n ‎(plural gobelins, diminutive gobelintje n)

1. Gobelin, a rich, textured type of hand-stitched tapestry, fit to decorate a wall
2. a similar industrial fabric, used to cover furniture etc.

References

• M. J. Koenen & J. Endepols, Verklarend Handwoordenboek der Nederlandse Taal (tevens Vreemde-woordentolk), Groningen, Wolters-Noordhoff, 1969 (26th edition) [Dutch dictionary in Dutch]
• Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary, Springfield, Massachusetts, G.&C. Merriam Co., 1967

French

Etymology

From Old Northern French gobelin (compare Normand goubelin, Walloon gobelin), possibly a blend of Old Dutch *kobeholdo ‎(“goblin”) (compare Dutch kabouter, German Kobold) and Late Latin cobalus ‎(“mountain sprite”), from Ancient Greek κόβαλος ‎(kóbalos, “rogue, knave; goblin”).

Noun

gobelin m ‎(plural gobelins)

1. a gnome, such as the evil goblin

Synonyms

• farfadet m
• lutin m

References

• Nouveau Petit Larousse illustré. Dictionnaire encyclopédique. Paris, Librairie Larousse, 1952, 146th edition
• Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary, Springfield, Massachusetts, G.&C. Merriam Co., 1967

Anagrams

• ignoble