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.
Tables and beds covered with copes instead of carpets and coverlets. T. Fuller. [ 1913 Webster ]
Carpet beetle
Carpet bug
Carpet knight.
Carpet moth (Zool.),
Carpet snake (Zool.),
Carpet sweeper,
To be on the carpet,
Brussels carpet.
v. t.
Carpeted temples in fashionable squares. E. Everett. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A portable bag for travelers; -- so called because originally made of carpet. [ 1913 Webster ]
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). [ U. S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
adj. covered with or as if with carpeting or with carpeting as specified; often used in combination;
n.
The floor was covered with rich carpeting. Prescott. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Without a carpet. [ 1913 Webster ]
n.
n. (Agric.) A border of greensward left round the margin of a plowed field. Ray. [ 1913 Webster ]