3 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Carpet \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}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Carpet \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.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
carpet
n : a piece of thick heavy fabric (usually with nap or pile)
used to cover a floor [syn: {rug}, {carpeting}]
v 1: form a carpet-like cover over
2: cover completely, as if with a carpet; as of flowers in
meadows
3: cover with a carpet, as of rooms
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