Definition of carpet

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Carpet (n.) 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..

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Rug :: Rug (a.) A piece of thick, nappy fabric, commonly made of wool, -- used for various purposes, as for covering and ornamenting part of a bare floor, for hanging in a doorway as a potiere, for protecting a portion of carpet, for a wrap to protect the legs from cold, etc..
Carpetbagger :: Carpetbagger (n.) An adventurer; -- a term of contempt for a Northern man seeking private gain or political advancement in the southern part of the United States after the Civil War (1865).
Carpetway :: Carpetway (n.) A border of greensward left round the margin of a plowed field.
Wilton Carpet :: Wilton carpet () A kind of carpet woven with loops like the Brussels, but differing from it in having the loops cut so as to form an elastic velvet pile; -- so called because made originally at Wilton, England..
Carpetmonger :: Carpetmonger (n.) One who deals in carpets; a buyer and seller of carpets.
Sweeping :: Sweeper (n.) One who, or that which, sweeps, or cleans by sweeping; a sweep; as, a carpet sweeper..
End :: End (n.) One of the yarns of the worsted warp in a Brussels carpet.
Three-ply :: Three-ply (a.) Consisting of three distinct webs inwrought together in weaving, as cloth or carpeting; having three strands; threefold..
Whip :: Whip (v. t.) To strike with a lash, a cord, a rod, or anything slender and lithe; to lash; to beat; as, to whip a horse, or a carpet..
Carpet :: Carpet (n.) 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..
Crumbcloth :: Crumbcloth (n.) A cloth to be laid under a dining table to receive falling fragments, and keep the carpet or floor clean..
Roll :: Roll (v.) A quantity of cloth wound into a cylindrical form; as, a roll of carpeting; a roll of ribbon..
Lash :: Lash (n.) In carpet weaving, a group of strings for lifting simultaneously certain yarns, to form the figure..
Carpet :: Carpet (v. t.) To cover with, or as with, a carpet; to spread with carpets; to furnish with a carpet or carpets..
Chamberer :: Chamberer (n.) A civilian; a carpetmonger.
Babylonical :: Babylonical (a.) Pertaining to Babylon, or made there; as, Babylonic garments, carpets, or hangings..
Carpetbag :: Carpetbag (n.) A portable bag for travelers; -- so called because originally made of carpet.
Tinea :: Tinea (n.) A genus of small Lepidoptera, including the clothes moths and carpet moths..
Carpeting :: Carpeting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Carpe.
Anthrenus :: Anthrenus (n.) A genus of small beetles, several of which, in the larval state, are very destructive to woolen goods, fur, etc. The common museum pest is A. varius; the carpet beetle is A. scrophulariae. The larvae are commonly confounded with moths..
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