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Definitions for: Carpet
[n] floor covering consisting of a piece of thick heavy fabric (usually with nap or pile)
[v] cover with a carpet, as of the floors of rooms
[v] cover completely, as if with a carpet; as of flowers in meadows
[v] form a carpet-like cover (over)
Webster (1913) Definition: Car"pet (k[aum]r"p[e^]t), n. [OF. carpite rug, soft of
cloth, F. carpette coarse packing cloth, rug (cf. It. carpita
rug, blanket), LL. carpeta, carpita, woolly cloths, fr. L.
carpere to pluck, to card (wool); cf. Gr. karpo`s fruit, E.
Harvest.]
1. A heavy woven or felted fabric, usually of wool, but also
of cotton, hemp, straw, etc.; esp. a floor covering made
in breadths to be sewed together and nailed to the floor,
as distinguished from a rug or mat; originally, also, a
wrought cover for tables.
Tables and beds covered with copes instead of
carpets and coverlets. --T. Fuller.
2. A smooth soft covering resembling or suggesting a carpet.
``The grassy carpet of this plain.'' --Shak.
Carpet beetle or Carpet bug (Zo["o]l.), a small beetle
(Anthrenus scrophulari[ae]), which, in the larval state,
does great damage to carpets and other woolen goods; --
also called buffalo bug.
Carpet knight.
(a) A knight who enjoys ease and security, or luxury, and
has not known the hardships of the field; a hero of
the drawing room; an effeminate person. --Shak.
(b) One made a knight, for some other than military
distinction or service.
Carpet moth (Zo["o]l.), the larva of an insect which feeds
on carpets and other woolen goods. There are several
kinds. Some are the larv[ae] of species of Tinea (as {T.
tapetzella}); others of beetles, esp. Anthrenus.
Carpet snake (Zo["o]l.), an Australian snake. See {Diamond
snake}, under Diamond.
Carpet sweeper, an apparatus or device for sweeping
carpets.
To be on the carpet, to be under consideration; to be the
subject of deliberation; to be in sight; -- an expression
derived from the use of carpets as table cover.
Brussels carpet. See under Brussels.
Car"pet, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Carpeted; p. pr. & vb.
n. Carpeting.]
To cover with, or as with, a carpet; to spread with carpets;
to furnish with a carpet or carpets.
Carpeted temples in fashionable squares. --E. Everett.
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(a) [More fully chenille Axminster.] A variety of Turkey
carpet, woven by machine or, when more than 27 inches
wide, on a hand loom, and consisting of strips of worsted
chenille so colored as to produce a pattern on a stout
jute backing. It has a fine soft pile. So called from
Axminster, England, where it was formerly (1755 -- 1835)
made.
(b) A similar but cheaper machine-made carpet, resembling
moquette in construction and appearance, but finer and of
better material.
Synonyms: carpeting, rug
See Also: broadloom, Brussels carpet, cover, cover, drugget, edging, floor covering, floorcover, flying carpet, furnishings, hearthrug, nammad, numdah, numdah rug, prayer mat, prayer rug, red carpet, scatter rug, shag rug, spread over, stair-carpet, throw rug, Wilton
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