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Car"pet (kär"p&ebreve;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 (Zoöl.), 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) 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.


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