Kilimn.
/kɪˈliːm/, U.S. /kəˈlim/ In full Kilim carpet, Kilim rug, etc. A pileless woven carpet, rug, etc., made in Turkey, Kurdistan, and neighbouring areas.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > floor-covering > [noun] > carpet > Oriental > Turkish
Turkey carpet1546
turquesques1594
Turkey carpeting1843
Kilim1881
Turkish carpet1886
Anatolian1900
Ushak1901
Smyrna1904
Smyrna carpet1904
1881 C. C. Harrison Woman's Handiwork Mod. Homes iii. 139 A Kelim rug..may be bought at a reasonable price..to lay before the fire.
1884 J. R. G. Griffitt Turkey Carpets & their Manuf. 12 Carpets without a pile, known as Kilims.
1884 J. R. G. Griffitt Turkey Carpets & their Manuf. 12 The Oushak Kilims..differ from the many varieties of Kilims made by the Nomad tribes throughout Asia-Minor.
1895 Brit. Warehouseman Feb. 25/2 Arabian ‘Kelims’ or hand-woven woollen tent hangings.
1900 J. K. Mumford Oriental Rugs (1901) Pl. xxiii (caption) The real color value of Khilims must become very clear to everyone who sees this plate.
1923 Daily Mail 27 June 14 The heavier Kurdish Kelim rugs make the best floor covering.
1926 T. E. Lawrence Seven Pillars (subscribers' ed.) xx. 103 Feisal would buckle on his ceremonial dagger and walk across to the reception tent, which was floored with two horrible kilims.
1931 A. U. Dilley Oriental Rugs & Carpets i. 4 Theoretically, the product of this weaving was flat-surfaced, and would be classified by us as khilim or tapestry.
1960 S. Foot Emergency Exit xiv. 113 The front hall, with its gay Kelims.
1967 J. Rathbone Diamonds Bid iii. 27 I have plenty of kilims and goat-hair rugs.
1972 Vogue Jan. 12/2 Kurdish Kelim rugs from £22.
1972 Country Life 3 Feb. 258/3 A fine collection of woven goods and felts: carpets, Kilims, tent bands.
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