carpet

(kär′pət)

noun

a thick, heavy fabric of wool, cotton, or synthetic fibers for covering a floor, stairs, etc.: it is woven, usually with a pile, or felted
a strip, or several joined strips, of such fabric
anything like a carpet: a carpet of snow

Origin: ME < OFr carpite, carpet, kind of cloth < ML carpita, thick woolen cloth < pp. of L carpere, to card, pluck: see excerpt

transitive verb

to cover with or as with a carpet

See carpet in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

a. A thick heavy covering for a floor, usually made of woven wool or synthetic fibers; a rug.
b. The fabric used for this floor covering.
A surface or surface covering that is similar to a rug: a carpet of leaves and pine needles on the forest floor.

transitive verb car·pet·ed, car·pet·ing, car·pets

To cover with or as if with a carpet: carpet the stairs; snow that carpeted the sidewalks.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English

Origin: , from Old French carpite

Origin: , from Medieval Latin carpīta

Origin: , from Old Italian carpita

Origin: , from carpire, to pluck

Origin: , from Latin carpere; see kerp- in Indo-European roots

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