Carpet /(kär"pĕt)/

Car·pet

Carpet

n.
  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.

Phrases & Compounds
Carpet beetle
a small beetle (Anthrenus scrophulariæ), which, in the larval state, does great damage to carpets and other woolen goods; -- also called buffalo bug.
Carpet knight
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.
Carpet moth
the larva of an insect which feeds on carpets and other woolen goods. There are several kinds. Some are the larvæ of species of Tinea (as Tinea tapetzella); others of beetles, esp. Anthrenus.
Carpet snake
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.

Carpet

v. t.

imp. & p. p. Carpeted; p. pr. & vb. n. Carpeting

  1. To cover with, or as with, a carpet; to spread with carpets; to furnish with a carpet or carpets.
    Carpeted temples in fashionable squares.