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Axminster definition

Ax·min·ster (aks′min′stər)

noun

a type of carpet with a cut pile, woven in various colors and patterns

Etymology: after Axminster, a town in SW England, where it was first made by hand

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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