English English Dictionary

English English Dictionary

The online English-English dictionary from The Project Gutenberg

Result for 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.

Carpet (n.)

A smooth soft covering resembling or suggesting a carpet.

Carpet (v. t.)

To cover with, or as with, a carpet; to spread with carpets; to furnish with a carpet or carpets.