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carpeting, n.|ˈkɑːpɪtɪŋ|
[f. carpet n. or v. + -ing1.]
1. The action of covering (as) with carpet.
2. Material for carpets.
1758B. Franklin Corr. in Wks. (1840) VII. 165 Some carpeting for a best room floor. 1806–7J. Beresford Miseries Hum. Life ii. ix, This [is] carpeting compared with what follows. 1813L. Hunt in Examiner 22 Feb. 114/1 Matting and carpeting have done much for the stone floor. 1835Ure Philos. Manuf. 139 In Wilton carpeting, there is both a linen warp and a worsted warp.
3. transf. A carpet-like covering.
1883Century Mag. Dec. 174/1 Its rich carpeting of wild flowers. 1885S. O. Jewett March Island xiv, The frayed whitish carpeting of their last year's leaves.
4. See carpet v. 4.
Mod. colloq. ‘She received from her mistress a thorough good carpeting.’ |