carpet English
Noun
(en noun) (uncountable and countable)
A fabric used as a complete floor covering.
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*:A great bargain also had been the excellent Axminster carpet which covered the floor; as, again, the arm-chair in which Bunting now sat forward, staring into the dull, small fire.
*{{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham)
, title=( The China Governess)
, chapter=1 citation
, passage=The half-dozen pieces […] were painted white and carved with festoons of flowers, birds and cupids. To display them the walls had been tinted a vivid blue which had now faded, but the carpet , which had evidently been stored and recently relaid, retained its original turquoise.}}
(label) Any surface or cover resembling a carpet or fulfilling its function.
*(William Shakespeare) (c.1564–1616)
*:the grassy carpet of this plain
(label) A wrought cover for tables.
*(Thomas Fuller) (1606-1661)
*:Tables and beds covered with copes instead of carpets and coverlets.
A woman's pubic hair.
Usage notes
The terms carpet and (m) are often used interchangeably, but various distinctions are drawn. Most often, a rug is loose and covers part of a floor, while a carpet covers most or all of the floor (hence typically square), and may be loose or attached, while a fitted carpet runs wall-to-wall. Another distinction is quality: a rug may be coarser, while a carpet is higher quality and has finished ends.
Initially carpet referred primarily to table and wall coverings, today called (m) or (m) – the use of the term for floor coverings dates to the 18th century, following trade with Persia.
Derived terms
* carpetbag
* carpet beetle
* carpet bombing
* carpet burn
* carpeting
* carpet knight
* carpet muncher
* carpet weed
* flying carpet
* magic carpet
* on the carpet
* call on the carpet
Verb
( en verb)
To lay carpet, or to have carpet installed, in an area.
- After the fire, they carpeted over the blackened hardwood flooring.
- The builders were carpeting in the living room when Zadie inspected her new house.
To substantially cover something, like a carpet; to blanket something.
- Popcorn and candy wrappers carpeted the floor of the cinema.
(UK) To reprimand.
* 1990 , (Peter Hopkirk), The Great Game , Folio Society 2010, p. 428:
- Even Colonel Yakov, so recently carpeted by St Petersburg, was reported to be back in the Pamirs.
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dhurrie Noun
( en noun)
A thick, flat-woven cotton Indian rug or carpet.
*1997 , (Kiran Nagarkar), Cuckold , HarperCollins 2013, p. 359:
*:They were hospitable and loved company We sat on a dhurrie under the open sky.
*{{quote-news, year=2009, date=March 12, author=Julie Scelfo, title=The $300 Makeover: West Village Studio, work=New York Times citation
, passage=Ms. Unger saw potential in objects that were stylish but in need of cleaning, so she took Ms. Rich’s cotton dhurrie home for a wash and spent half an hour scrubbing a flea market coffee table with Murphy Oil Soap. }}
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