carpetn.
/ˈkɑːpɪt/, U.S. /ˈkɑrpət/ I. As a simple noun.¶ In medieval Latin use, ‘A kind of villose or thickish cloth, and a garment of that cloth’. Carpentier cites, inter alia,† 1.
1291 Carmelite Rule Habeat unusquisque frater unam Carpitam, quod est nostræ Religionis signum, non de petiis consutam sed contextam [a carpet which is the distinctive dress of our order, not sewed together of pieces (or patches) but woven together].
1295 Unam carpitam de pann serico velluto [a carpet of silk velvet cloth].
a. A thick fabric, commonly of wool, used to cover tables, beds, etc.; a tablecloth. Obsolete.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > covers or hangings > [noun] > cover for furniture
carpet1345
carpencloth1577
carpet-cloth1615
wax-cloth1816
loose cover1876
slip-cover1886
throw1888
the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric made from specific material > made from wool > [noun] > heavy or thick
carpet1345
carpet-cloth1615
swan's-down1801
mackinaw1841
Petersham cloth1853
1345 Sacrist's Roll Lichfield Cathed. in Derbysh. Archæol. Trans. 9 Item unus pannus qui vocatur Karpete.
1434 in J. E. T. Rogers Hist. Agric. & Prices (modernized text) IV. 577.
1508 Bk. Keruynge (de Worde) sig. B.v Laye carpettes aboute the bedde.
1527 Inv. Sir H. Guildford's Goods (MS.) A carpet of grene cloth for a lytill foulding table.
1563 J. Foxe Actes & Monuments 1372/1 The Carpet or clothe whiche laye vpon the table whereat maister Rydley stoode, was remoued.
1642 T. Fuller Holy State iv. x. 287 A Communion-table will not catch cold with wanting a rich carpet.
1702 London Gaz. No. 3851/4 One green Cloth Carpet, with a small Fringe round it, for the Communion Table.
a1727 I. Newton Chronol. Anc. Kingdoms Amended (1728) To adorn their beds and tables with rich furniture and carpets.
1728 E. Chambers Cycl. Carpet Tapis, a sort of covering,..to be spread on a Table, Trunk, an Estrade, or even a Passage, or Floor.
b. on the carpet (i.e. of the council table): under consideration or discussion [cf. French sur le tapis.] Also colloquial (originally U.S.) (with admixture of sense 2a): undergoing, or summoned to receive, a reprimand. Cf. sense 2d and mat n.1
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the mind > attention and judgement > enquiry > investigation, inspection > examination by discussion > [adverb]
on the carpet1726
the mind > mental capacity > thought > continued thinking, reflection, contemplation > thinking about, consideration, deliberation > [adverb] > under consideration
in view?c1475
in one's eye?1567
in speculation1638
under consideration1652
on (upon) the tapis1690
on the carpet1726
in contemplation1773
on (also upon) the table1884
on the nail1886
the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > rebuke or reproof > rebukes [phrase] > undergoing reprimand
on the carpet1900
1726 R. Wodrow Corr. (1843) III. 255 The great cry made for the people's powers in election..which is the case now upon the carpet.
a1734 R. North Lives of Norths I. Pref. 21 These three brothers, whose lives are upon the carpet before me.
1773 R. Graves Spiritual Quixote III. x. xi. 107 He..contrived to bring another subject upon the carpet.
1808 M. L. Weems Life G. Washington (ed. 6) xii. 172 A question of importance being on the carpet.
1855 J. L. Motley Rise Dutch Republic III. iv. iii. 44 It was supposed that an alliance between France and England..was on the carpet.
1900 G. Ade Fables in Slang 120 Next Morning she had him up on the Carpet and wanted to know How About Italian.
1902 G. H. Lorimer Lett. Merchant 134 The boss of the canning-room [will be] called up on the carpet and made to promise that it will never happen again.
1921 Ld. Dunsany If i. i. 9 You been on the carpet, Bill?
1936 Sketch 22 Jan. 148/1 His manager had just had him on the carpet, pointing out that his work had been getting steadily bad for the last few months.
1944 ‘N. Shute’ Pastoral v. 136 After the first shock of realising that she herself was on the carpet.
1961 Times 8 May 13/2 Such a solution is not on the carpet now.
2. † c. knight of the carpet: see quotations; also = carpet-knight n. Obsolete.
a. A similar fabric, generally worked in a pattern of divers colours, used to spread on a floor or the ground, for standing, sitting, or kneeling on, or (now usually) to cover a floor, or stair. Also the material, as in ‘a piece of carpet’.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > floor-covering > [noun] > carpet
tapeta900
carpet1438
1438–60 in T. Stapleton Liber de Antiquis Legibus (1846) ccvi Duas vestes vocatas Carpette sternendas coram fontem ecclesiæ.
14.. MS Add. 6113 f. 106a, in Dom. Archit. (1859) III. 107 sig. Iij Chambres of pleasaunce..all the floures covered with carpettes.
1548 Hall's Vnion: Richard III f. lvjv On a carpett in a laydes chamber.
1548 Hall's Vnion: Edward IV f. ccxxxiiii A prelate, more mete for a ladyes carpet, than for an ecclesiasticall pulpet.
1574 J. Baret Aluearie C 138 A carpet of turky. Polymeta phrygia.
1682 J. Dryden Mac Flecknoe 8 No Persian Carpet spread th' Imperial way.
1712 J. Addison Spectator No. 289. ¶9 A Dervise..laid down his Wallet, and spread his Carpet..after the manner of the Eastern Nations.
1839 tr. A. de Lamartine Trav. in East 155/1 [In] the mosques..I found a small number of Turks, seated cross-legged, or kneeling on the carpets.
1861 F. Nightingale Notes on Nursing (new ed.) 61 A dirty carpet..infects the [sick] room.
b. Being, at first, chiefly a luxury of a lady's chamber, it became an attribute of luxury and effeminacy (see esp. 6); also of the chamber, drawing room, or court, as opposed to the camp or field.
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the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > sensuous pleasure > luxury or luxurious living > [noun] > a luxury > specific
carpet1581
1581 T. Styward Pathwaie to Martiall Discipline To Rdr. 2 Whereby we maie not be reputed sleepers, or followers too much of the carpet.
1641 Naunton's Fragmenta Regalia sig. D2v They were of the Court and Carpet, and not by the genious of the Camp.
1641 Naunton's Fragmenta Regalia sig. C3 For the time then began to grow quick, and active, fitter for stronger motions then them of the Carpet.
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the mind > emotion > love > courtship or wooing > [noun] > one who frequents ladies' chambers
knight of the carpet?1547
carpet captain1548
carpet-man1571
carpet-knight1576
carpet peer1592
chamberer1592
carpet-monger1599
carpet champion1600
carpet squire1605
carpet frienda1625
society > society and the community > social class > nobility > rank > knight > [noun] > knight dubbed in peace-time
knight of the carpet?1547
the world > action or operation > inaction > not doing > abstaining or refraining from action > [noun] > avoiding an action or condition > avoiding duty, work, or exertion > one who > one who avoids practical work
knight of the carpet?1547
carpet-knight1576
?1547 in J. Strype Eccl. Memorials (1721) II. ii. App. E The Knights of the Carpet dubbed by the King on Shrove Tuesday. [These were evidently Knights Bachelors; the list follows that of the Knights of the Bath made at same time.]
1586 J. Ferne Blazon of Gentrie 105 A Knight..may be dubbed..in the time of peace vpon the Carpet..he is called a Knight of the carpet, bycause that the King sitteth in his regall chaire of estate and the Gentleman..kneeleth before his Soueraigne vpon the carpet or cloth vsually spred..for the Soueraignes footestoole.
1641 Naunton's Fragmenta Regalia sig. E2 A worse Christian then he was, and a better Knight of her Carpet then he could be.
1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory iii. 57/2 Knights of the Carpet, or Knights of the Green Cloth; to distinguish them from Knights that are Dubbed as Soldiers are in the Field.
d. to walk the carpet: said of a servant summoned before the master or mistress for a reprimand. (Cf. carpet v. 4.)
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1823 J. Galt Entail III. xxix. 278 Making..her servants ‘walk the carpet’.
e. to sweep (or push) (something) under the carpet: to conceal (something embarrassing or unpleasant), in the hope that it will go unnoticed or be forgotten.
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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > hiding, concealing from view > keeping from knowledge > keep quiet about [phrase]
to keep or hold (a matter) counsel (later in counsela1400
to keep secret1399
to keep (something) dark1532
to draw a veil over1582
not to tell one's shirt1586
to keep one's (own) counsel1604
to put (also keep) in one's pocketa1616
to name no names1692
to make a secret of1738
to keep (‥) snug1778
to clap, put, or keep the thumb on1825
to wash one's dirty linen at home, in public1867
to hold back1956
to sweep (also brush, kick, etc.) (something) under the rug1956
to get it off one's chest1961
to sweep (or push) (something) under the carpet1963
1963 Times 24 Jan. 6/1 It would be self-deception to think that unemployment could be dealt with by emergency measures and pushed under the carpet.
1966 Listener 17 Mar. 390/2 You cannot sweep these problems under the carpet as the Labour Government is doing.
3. figurative.
a. Applied to a covering or expanse, as of grass or flowers, resembling a carpet in smoothness, softness, or varied colouring.
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the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > [noun] > a covering > like a carpet
carpet1597
carpeting1883
1597 W. Shakespeare Richard II iii. iii. 49 Vpon the grassie carpet of this plaine. View more context for this quotation
a1684 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1670 (1955) III. 555 At either end of the Towne, upon the very Carpet, where the Sports are Celebrated.
1757 J. Dyer Fleece i. 4 They..The close-wov'n carpet graze.
c1854 A. P. Stanley Sinai & Palestine (1858) ii. 122 The carpet of flowers..on the bankes of the Chebar.
b. spec. in Cricket, the surface of the field, the ground. Also attributive, as carpet drive.
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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > cricket > cricket ground > [noun] > surface of ground
carpet1882
the floor1903
1882 Cricket 22 June 93/3 His hits..are never high; on the contrary they are mostly, to use the slang of the cricket field, ‘on the carpet’.
1896 Westm. Gaz. 23 July 7/2 A grand carpet drive to the off-boundary.
1899 J. C. Snaith Willow the King v. 74 It flew like a streak to mid-off all along the carpet.
1908 W. E. W. Collins Leaves from Old Country Cricketer's Diary xiv. 233 Leaving us in a parlous bad condition by putting catch after catch..upon the carpet.
1927 M. A. Noble Those ‘Ashes’ 201 Bowley tried a carpet drive through the covers.
1950 W. Hammond Cricketers' School x. 98 The batsman's art..is to learn how to turn the ball..so that..it shall stay ‘on the carpet’.
c. Aeronautics slang. The ground; on the carpet, at or near ground level.
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the world > the earth > land > ground > [noun]
ground971
earthOE
fleta1000
foldOE
landOE
floor?a1400
soila1400
margin?a1425
yird1433
sulye1434
swardc1440
leaa1475
paithmentc1480
visagea1500
crust1555
mother earth1568
solum1829
carpet1918
deck1925
dutty1925
1918 J. M. Grider War Birds (1926) 258 I was right on the carpet and over a little ruined village.
1934 V. M. Yeates Winged Victory xxi. 165 He could not go down on to the carpet again point blank into the mouths of the machine guns.
d. Civil Engineering. (See quot. 1954.)
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society > travel > means of travel > route or way > way, path, or track > road > parts of road > [noun] > surface
roading1853
surfacing1897
carpet1920
wearing course1940
1920 H. E. Goldsmith Mod. Road Constr. & Maintenance App. I. 86 Carpet, a bituminous surface of appreciable thickness, generally formed on top of a roadway by the application of one or more coats of bituminous material with gravel, sand, or stone chippings added.
1930 Engineering 15 Aug. 210/1 It consisted of a 2 in. stone-filled asphalt carpet laid on a reinforced-concrete foundation.
1954 Gloss. Highway Engin. Terms (B.S.I.) 31 Carpet, a wearing course containing a road tar or bitumen binder and having a compacted thickness not greater than 1½ inches.
e. A large number of bombs dropped to damage an area intensively, esp. to clear the way for advancing ground troops. Also attributive and in other combinations.
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society > armed hostility > hostilities in the air > [noun] > air operation > bombing raid > dropping of bombs > number or distribution of bombs
straddle1915
stick1940
salvo1942
blanket1944
carpet1944
pattern1944
1944 T. H. Wisdom Triumph over Tunisia xxiii. 181 Our massed bombers..set off to lay Tedder's bomb carpet; to blast a passage for the armies right through to Tunis.
1945 Sun (Baltimore) 23 Feb. 3/5 Several ministries were laid in ruins that Saturday as a result of the American carpet bombing.
1945 Life 4 June 25 A carpet raid is an effort to pulverize an area in front of ground troops to facilitate a breakthrough.
1946 Aviation Ann. 16 Carpet bombing..consists simply of dropping such a heavy concentration of bombs in a small area that the defenders are stunned and demoralized for a short time.
1946 Aviation Ann. 16 A carpet attack in a certain sector.
1968 L. van der Post Portrait Japan i. 29 Carpet bombing by the United States Air Forces flattened the capital.
4. Short for carpet-moth n. at Compounds 1e; see Compounds 1.
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the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > Heterocera > [noun] > family Geometridae > carpet
carpet1856
1856 R. Shield Pract. Hints Moths 108 Those beautifully marked Geometræ called ‘carpets’ by collectors.
1859 H. T. Stainton Man. Brit. Butterflies & Moths II. 73 In the month of May the ‘Carpets’ enter on the scene.
1866 E. Newman Brit. Butterflies & Moths 64 The Satin Carpet..the Ringed Carpet.
II. In combination or attributively.
5. Sometimes passing into an adjective.
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the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > sensuous pleasure > physical comfort > [adjective] > comfortable (of conditions or way of life)
easyc1380
easefulc1425
commodiousa1528
commoditious1574
carpeta1639
large1722
snug1766
comfortable1769
liveable1794
comfy1829
featherbed-campaigner1888
rose water1889
the world > action or operation > inaction > not doing > abstaining or refraining from action > [adjective] > that avoids or shuns > avoiding duty, work, or exertion > relating to state of no hard work or exertion
carpeta1639
a1639 S. Ward Serm. (1862) 119 Our strait-buttoned, carpet, and effeminate gentry.
1884 St. James's Gaz. 20 Apr. 4 The carpet markmanship which is the special fruit of Wimbledon.
6. Criminals' slang. elliptical for carpet-bag n. 2.
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society > authority > punishment > imprisonment > [noun] > sentence or term of > specific term of (month(s))
stretch1821
moon1830
sices1844
sixer1849
drag1851
carpet1917
carpet-bag1938
pontoon1948
1903 ‘No. 77’ Mark of Broad Arrow xi. 166 Your ‘Auto~leyne’ cares little about a ‘drag’ (three months), a sixer (a ‘carpet’ it is generally called), or a ‘stretch’.]
1917 E. Wallace Just Men of Cordova x. 133 ‘Carpets’ (three months' hard labour) almost innumerable had fallen to his share.
1936 ‘J. Curtis’ Gilt Kid 17 Long enough to've been in Wandsworth and done a carpet.
1963 T. Morris & P. Morris Pentonville xi. 227 A carpet (3 months).
Compounds
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a. Attributive (pertaining to a carpet, or made of carpet).
carpet-cloth n.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > covers or hangings > [noun] > cover for furniture
carpet1345
carpencloth1577
carpet-cloth1615
wax-cloth1816
loose cover1876
slip-cover1886
throw1888
the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric made from specific material > made from wool > [noun] > heavy or thick
carpet1345
carpet-cloth1615
swan's-down1801
mackinaw1841
Petersham cloth1853
1615 in J. Nichols Illustr. Antient Times Eng. (1797) 149 New Carpet-cloth for the communion table.
carpet-shoe n.
carpet square n.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > floor-covering > [noun] > carpet > square of carpet
art square1881
carpet square1901
1901 F. H. Burnett Making of Marchioness i. i. 20 She..bought herself a Kensington carpet-square, as red as Kensington art would permit it to be.
1973 ‘H. Carmichael’ Too Late for Tears vi. 80 The carpet square patterned in reds and browns and greens.
carpet-web n.
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1884 R. Browning Ferishtah's Fancies 128 A carpet-web I saw once leave the loom.
carpet-work n.
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1611 W. Barksted Hiren sig. A8 All the floore with Carpet-worke was strawn.
1816 J. Austen Emma I. x. 181 If I give up music, I shall take to carpet-work . View more context for this quotation
b. Objective.
carpet-beater n.
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1836 C. Dickens Sketches by Boz 2nd Ser. 154 A jobbing-man—carpet-beater and so forth.
carpet-beating n.
carpet-dusting n.
carpet-maker n.
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society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > producer > maker of furniture or furnishings > [noun] > carpet-maker
carpet-maker?1518
?1518 Cocke Lorelles Bote sig. B.vj Brouderers,..and carpyte makers.
carpet-planner n.
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1863 C. E. L. Riddell World in Church I. 90 Another corridor..reduced upholsterers and carpet planners to despair.
c. Instrumental.
carpet-covered adj.
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1836 T. Hook Gilbert Gurney I. v. 191 Hard carpet-covered benches.
d. Similative (resembling a carpet of smooth turf).
(a) † carpet-grass n. Obsolete† carpet-ground n. Obsolete† carpet-hill n. Obsolete† carpet-walk n. Obsolete† carpet-way adv. Obsolete
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1756 M. Calderwood Lett. & Jrnls. (1884) 26 Fine carpet-grass.
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1686 N. Cox Gentleman's Recreation (ed. 3) v. iii. 33 He will tread as boldly on Stones as on Carpet-ground.
1759 W. H. Dilworth Life of Pope 144 An ambling muse running on a carpet-ground.
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1732 M. Delany Autobiogr. & Corr. (1861) I. 376 This house lies on the top of a carpet hill.
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1664 J. Evelyn Kalendarium Hortense 65 in Sylva Mow Carpet-walks.
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a1658 J. Cleveland Times 31 We..Must not expect a Carpet way.
1664 H. More Apol. in Modest Enq. Myst. Iniquity 549 To keep rank and file..not to break order though all be not Carpet-way.
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carpet-smooth adj.
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1844 E. B. Browning Lost Bower xviii Carpet-smooth with grass and moss.
carpet-woven adj.
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1768 A. Tucker Light of Nature (1852) II. 414 The carpet-woven grass that beautifies our lawns.
e. Special combinations.
carpet-bed n. Horticulture a bed in which dwarf foliage-plants of different colours are arranged so as to form a pattern like that of a carpet; so carpet-bedding, carpet-garden.
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the world > food and drink > farming > gardening > garden > division or part of garden > [noun] > bed or plot > flower-bed
arbourc1300
knot1502
cutwork1693
flower-border1712
panel1803
flower-court1828
mixed bed1866
flower-bed1873
carpet-bed1883
coffin1912
floral clock1925
1883 Pall Mall Gaz. 7 Sept. 4/1 The ‘carpet beds’, where some intricate pattern is worked out in a variety of colours. Here no flower is allowed, the effect being due entirely to the colours of the leaves.
carpet beetle n. any of various beetles or their larvæ, especially Dermestidæ, destructive to carpets and other fabrics.
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the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Coleoptera or beetles and weevils > [noun] > Polyphaga (omnivorous) > superfamily Diversicornia > family Dermestidae > member of genus Anthrenus (carpet beetle)
carpet beetle1889
1889 Cent. Dict. Carpet-beetle, a popular name of Anthrenus scrophulariæ, a beetle of the family Dermestidæ.
1961 Which? July 157/1 The varied carpet beetle, often known in its larval phase as the woolly bear (Anthrenus verbasci).
carpet-broom n.
carpet-brush n. one used for sweeping a carpet.
carpet-dance n. a dance on the carpet, an informal dance (the carpet being taken up for dancing on great occasions).
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society > leisure > dancing > ball or dance > [noun] > informal
hop1731
kick-upc1781
carpet-dance1846
shindig1871
stomp1926
jump-up1948
1846 R. Ford Gatherings from Spain xxiii. 325 An extempore ball, which might be called a carpet-dance, if there were any.
1861 T. L. Peacock Gryll Grange xxiii. 199 On these occasions, it was of course a carpet-dance.
1864 C. Dickens Our Mutual Friend (1865) I. i. xi. 99 A well-conducted automaton to come and play quadrilles for a carpet dance.
carpet-moth n. a name for several species of Geometer moths, from their variegated colouring.
carpet-rod n. a metal rod to keep a stair-carpet in its place, a stair-rod.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > floor-covering > [noun] > carpet > stair-rod
stair-wire1836
stair-rod1843
carpet-rod1847
1847 W. M. Thackeray Vanity Fair (1848) iv. 23 She..looked first for one instant in his face, and then down at the carpet-rods.
carpet shark n. a shark of the genus Orectolobus having spots on the back suggesting the pattern of a carpet.
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the world > animals > fish > subclass Elasmobranchii > order Pleurotremata > [noun] > family Orectolobidae > member of (carpet shark)
nurse1499
nurse-fish1682
zebra shark1804
nurse shark1851
wobbegong1852
sleeper1884
carpet shark1929
1929 S. Elliott Napier in Times 2 Aug. 14/1 The ‘Leopard’ or ‘Carpet’ shark.
1956 Coast to Coast 1955–6 128 The two spearsmen came in with a five-foot carpet shark.
carpet slipper n. a slipper the uppers of which were originally made of carpet-like material; also used attributively to express an informal or slip-shod method of work.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > footwear > shoe or boot > shoe > [noun] > types of > light shoe or slipper > other
pantofle1494
mule1562
pantap1570
scarpinea1586
sock1597
sandal1794
powdering slipper1800
carpet slipper1851
Romeo slipper1889
Romeo1892
slipperslapper1922
Grecian slipper1926
Slipperette1931
ballerina1947
1851 H. Mayhew London Labour I. 151/1 The large carpet slippers that served her for shoes.
1902 Chambers's Jrnl. 10 May 353 Etymologists relieve the tedium of a hard day's work by a relapse into the carpet-slipper side of their science.
1902 Chambers's Jrnl. 10 May 353 The old monks were adepts at carpet-slipper derivation.
1905 H. A. Vachell Hill i. 17 He slimes about in carpet slippers—the beast!
1967 S. Beckett Eh Joe & Other Writings 15 Joe, late fifties, grey hair, old dressing-gown, carpet slippers, in his room.
carpet-snake n. a large Australian snake ( Morelia variegata) with a variegated skin; see also quot. from Whitworth.
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the world > animals > reptiles > order Squamata (lizards and snakes) > suborder Ophidia (snakes) > types of snake > [noun] > family Pythonidae > morelia spilotes (diamond snake)
diamond-snake1814
carpet-snake1863
1863 J. G. Wood Illustr. Nat. Hist. (new ed.) III. 115 The Diamond Snake..[and] The Carpet Snake..are variable in their colouring.
1864 Glasgow Herald 12 Apr. An enormous carpet snake which..was found to measure 12 feet 6 inches in length.
1885 G. C. Whitworth Anglo-Indian Dict. Carpet snake..Loosely applied to any kind of snake found in a dwelling house, other than a cobra or a dháman..most commonly the lycodon aulicus.
carpet sweeper n. a household implement with a revolving brush or brushes for sweeping carpets.
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the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > brushing or sweeping > [noun] > other apparatus for sweeping
wing1573
sweep1825
carpet sweeper1859
sweeper1862
1859 Ann. Rep. Commissioner Patents 1858: Arts & Manuf. II. 444 in U.S. Congress. Serial Set (35th Congr., 2nd Sess.: House of Representatives Executive Doc. 105, Pt. 2) X That description of carpet or floor sweepers in which a revolving brush..is made to take up and deposit the sweepings in a case covering the brush.
1892 Ladies' Home Jrnl. Dec. 19/4 Bissell carpet sweeper.
1960 Which? Apr. 85/1 The ideal carpet sweeper is one which picks up a lot of dirt, but only a little carpet pile, and which is easy to use and empty.
carpet-weed n. the genus Mollugo (family Caryophyllaceæ). See also carpet-bag n., carpet-knight n.
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a.
(a) General attributive, arising out of sense 2b.
carpet-consideration n.
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a1616 W. Shakespeare Twelfth Night (1623) iii. iv. 230 He is knight dubb'd with vnhatch'd Rapier, and on carpet consideration . View more context for this quotation
carpet courtship n.
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a1640 P. Massinger Bashful Lover i. i. 282 in 3 New Playes (1655) You are not to be won By Carpet-courtship, but the sword.
carpet friend n.
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the mind > emotion > love > courtship or wooing > [noun] > one who frequents ladies' chambers
knight of the carpet?1547
carpet captain1548
carpet-man1571
carpet-knight1576
carpet peer1592
chamberer1592
carpet-monger1599
carpet champion1600
carpet squire1605
carpet frienda1625
a1625 J. Fletcher Valentinian iv. ii, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Cccccccv/2 Have I liv'd Only to be a Carpet friend for pleasure?
carpet gentry n.
carpet toy n.
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1660 E. Waterhouse Disc. Arms & Armory 68 Adorned with rich Clothes, precious Jewels, and Carpet toyes.
(b) Also carpet-knight n., and many appellations akin to it (in which carpet implies haunting the chamber or boudoir).
carpet captain n.
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the mind > emotion > love > courtship or wooing > [noun] > one who frequents ladies' chambers
knight of the carpet?1547
carpet captain1548
carpet-man1571
carpet-knight1576
carpet peer1592
chamberer1592
carpet-monger1599
carpet champion1600
carpet squire1605
carpet frienda1625
1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VI f. cxj Like a carpet capitain, he..remoued his campe and fled to Crespy.
1623 H. Cockeram Eng. Dict. iii Paris, a Carpet Captaine, rather than a Warriour.
carpet champion n. champion of the dames
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the mind > emotion > love > courtship or wooing > [noun] > one who frequents ladies' chambers
knight of the carpet?1547
carpet captain1548
carpet-man1571
carpet-knight1576
carpet peer1592
chamberer1592
carpet-monger1599
carpet champion1600
carpet squire1605
carpet frienda1625
1600 E. Fairfax tr. T. Tasso Godfrey of Bulloigne xvi. xxxii. 286 A carpet champion for a wanton dame.
carpet coward n.
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1605 Play Stucley in Sch. Shaks. (1878) 201 I am a soldier And hate the name of carpet-coward.
carpet peer n.
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the mind > emotion > love > courtship or wooing > [noun] > one who frequents ladies' chambers
knight of the carpet?1547
carpet captain1548
carpet-man1571
carpet-knight1576
carpet peer1592
chamberer1592
carpet-monger1599
carpet champion1600
carpet squire1605
carpet frienda1625
1592 T. Nashe Pierce Penilesse (Brit. Libr. copy) sig. H The..insinuating curtesie of a carpet Peere.
carpet shield n.
carpet squire n. = squire of dames
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the mind > emotion > love > courtship or wooing > [noun] > one who frequents ladies' chambers
knight of the carpet?1547
carpet captain1548
carpet-man1571
carpet-knight1576
carpet peer1592
chamberer1592
carpet-monger1599
carpet champion1600
carpet squire1605
carpet frienda1625
1605 Play Stucley in Sch. Shaks. (1878) 188 I shall be thought..a coward, A sleepy dormouse, and a carpet squire.
(c) Also appellations modelled on carpet-knight n. (with the sense of dilettantism, shirking of practical work, difficulty, or danger):
carpet geologist n.
carpet poet n.
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society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > poet > [noun] > dilettante poet
carpet poet1854
1854 R. W. Emerson Poetry & Imag. in Wks. (1906) III. 167 Your carpet poets, who are content to amuse.
carpet soldier n.
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society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > type of soldier generally > [noun] > malingerer or shirker
malingerer1785
skulker1785
king's bargain1867
carpet soldier1869
chocolate-cream soldier1894
chocolate soldier1895
snow-bird1905
1869 G. Rawlinson Man. Anc. Hist. 470 No carpet soldiers, but hardy troops.
b. † carpet-man n. Obsolete one who frequents ladies' boudoirs or carpeted chambers, one who deals in ‘carpet-trade’.† carpet-trade n. Obsolete the occupations and amusements of the chamber or boudoir.
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the mind > emotion > love > courtship or wooing > [noun] > one who frequents ladies' chambers
knight of the carpet?1547
carpet captain1548
carpet-man1571
carpet-knight1576
carpet peer1592
chamberer1592
carpet-monger1599
carpet champion1600
carpet squire1605
carpet frienda1625
1571 T. Fortescue tr. P. Mexia Foreste 153 b The daintie coward and carpette man.
†carpet-monger n. Obsolete see carpet-man n.
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the mind > emotion > love > courtship or wooing > [noun] > one who frequents ladies' chambers
knight of the carpet?1547
carpet captain1548
carpet-man1571
carpet-knight1576
carpet peer1592
chamberer1592
carpet-monger1599
carpet champion1600
carpet squire1605
carpet frienda1625
1599 T. Nashe Lenten Stuffe Ep. Ded. sig. A2v Any other carpetmunger or primerose knight of Primero.
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the world > action or operation > inaction > not doing > abstaining or refraining from action > [noun] > avoiding an action or condition > avoiding duty, work, or exertion > state of no hard work or exertion
carpet-trade1581
1581 B. Rich Farewell Militarie Profession This noble duke had no maner of skill in carpet-trade.
Draft additions 1993
carpet layer n.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > floor-covering > [noun] > carpet > one who lays, stretches, or fixes
carpet layer1924
1924 Census 1921: Classif. Industries §503 Carpet..Layer [1927 Dict. Occup. Terms ‘lays, stretches.., and fixes carpets’].
1988 Daily Tel. 10 Sept. (Colour Suppl.) 30/1 The man who is painting the Queen's Head doubles as a carpet layer.
carpet-laying n.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > floor-covering > [noun] > carpet > action of laying, stretching, or fixing
carpet-laying1946
1946 Carpet Rev. Oct. 9/2 (heading) Better carpet laying methods overdue.
Draft additions March 2006
slang. A woman's pubic hair; the female external genitals. Cf. rug n.3Usually in the context of cunnilingus, esp. in coupounds; cf. carpet muncher n.
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the world > life > the body > sex organs > female sex organs > [noun]
cuntc1230
quivera1382
chosec1386
privy chosea1387
quoniamc1405
naturec1470
shell1497
box1541
water gate1541
mouth1568
quiver case1568
water gap1586
cunnya1593
medlar1597
mark1598
buggle-boo1600
malkin1602
lap1607
skin coat1611
quim1613
nest1614
watermilla1626
bum1655
merkin1656
twat1656
notch1659
commodity1660
modicum1660
crinkum-crankum1670
honeypot1673
honour1688
muff1699
pussy1699
puss1707
fud1771
jock1790
cock?1833
fanny?1835
vaginac1890
rug1893
money-maker1896
Berkeley1899
Berkeley Hunt1899
twitchet1899
mingea1903
snatch1904
beaver1927
coozie1934
Sir Berkeley1937
pocketbook1942
pranny1949
zatch1950
cooch1955
bearded clam1962
noonie1966
chuff1967
coozea1968
carpet1981
pum-pum1983
front bum1985
coochie1986
punani1987
front bottom1991
va-jay-jay2000
1981 National Lampoon Aug. 22 What do you do when you've been munching some broad's carpet for a couple years and then all of a sudden the gash demands a $400,000 house for her trouble?
1985 ‘J. Blowdryer’ Mod. Eng. 74 Homosexual women..Carpet Chewers.
2000 Out Nov. 64/2 Dick's younger daughter was a carpet-munching lezzie.
2002 Village Voice (Electronic ed.) 28 May 159 In private, the women don't munch carpet for more than seconds at a time.
Draft additions June 2016
carpet shampoo n. a (liquid) preparation used to clean carpets (and other soft furnishings).
ΚΠ
1918 Boston Globe 21 July 28/4 (advt.) Rug and carpet shampoo. Shampoo your own rugs at 1c per yard, makes them like new.
1975 Chem. Week (Nexis) 23 July 23 The trend to replace resilient flooring with carpeting is reducing consumption of floor waxes but is increasing that of carpet shampoos.
2009 F. U. Ahmed in U. Zoller Handbk. Detergents Pt. E: Applications x. 242 A standard carpet shampoo in standard dilution..is sprayed onto the carpet ahead of the floor machine.
Draft additions June 2017
Sport (chiefly Tennis). A type of artificial grass turf used as a playing surface on sports fields or tennis courts.
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society > leisure > sport > place for sports or games > [noun] > artificial grass
carpet1903
Astroturf1966
1903 Times 29 Aug. 9/5 The game is played on grass, on cocoanut fibre matting, or on carpet.
1969 Observer 23 Nov. 23/2 On the bottle-green nylon carpet court which gave him a perfect foothold, the..world champion..mounted his own inimitable top-spin attack.
1993 Racing Post (Nexis) 20 Feb. 99 Eugenie Bouchard is the favourite for the Coupe Banque National, which starts on indoor carpet courts in Quebec City today.
2004 W. Harvey Super Bowl's Most Wanted 2 Super Bowl V..was the first..played on carpet.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
carpetv.
/ˈkɑːpɪt/, U.S. /ˈkɑrpət/ 1. transitive. To cover or spread with a carpet.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > floor-covering > [verb (transitive)] > cover with carpet
carpet1626
close-carpet1959
1626 F. Bacon New Atlantis 30 in Sylua Syluarum A faire Chamber, richly hanged, and carpetted vnder Foote.
1811 Lett. fr. Eng. I. xiv. 161 The room is carpeted.
2. transferred. To cover or strew as with a carpet.
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the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > cover [verb (transitive)] > as with carpet
carpet1728
1728 A. Ramsay Epist. to Somerville These delightful flowers, Which carpet the poetic fields.
1817 J. F. Pennie Royal Minstrel v. 339 The yellow leaves That carpet autumn's groves.
1860 R. W. Emerson Wealth in Conduct of Life (London ed.) 84 A sumptuous ship has floored and carpeted for him the stormy Atlantic.
1865 P. H. Gosse Land & Sea (1874) 216 Clumps of pale primroses are carpeting the hollows.
3. To place on a carpet. rare. (Cf. pillow v. 1a.)
ΚΠ
1821 Ld. Byron Don Juan: Canto III lxvii. 36 Haidée and Juan carpeted their feet On crimson satin.
4. colloquial. To call (a servant) into the parlour, etc., to be reprimanded; to reprimand, ‘call over the coals’. (Cf. carpet n. 2d.)
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the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > rebuke or reproof > rebuke or reprove [verb (transitive)]
threac897
threapc897
begripea1000
threata1000
castea1200
chaste?c1225
takec1275
blame1297
chastya1300
sniba1300
withnima1315
undernima1325
rebukec1330
snuba1340
withtakea1340
reprovec1350
chastisea1375
arate1377
challenge1377
undertake1377
reprehenda1382
repreync1390
runta1398
snapea1400
underfoc1400
to call to account1434
to put downc1440
snebc1440
uptakec1440
correptc1449
reformc1450
reprise?c1450
to tell (a person) his (also her, etc.) own1450
control1451
redarguec1475
berisp1481
to hit (cross) one over (of, on) the thumbs1522
checkc1530
admonish1541
nip1548
twig?1550
impreve1552
lesson1555
to take down1562
to haul (a person) over the coals1565
increpate1570
touch1570
school1573
to gather up1577
task1580
redarguate?1590
expostulate1592
tutor1599
sauce1601
snip1601
sneap1611
to take in tax1635
to sharp up1647
round1653
threapen1671
reprimand1681
to take to task1682
document1690
chapter1693
repulse1746
twink1747
to speak to ——1753
haul1795
to pull up1799
carpet1840
rig1841
to talk to1860
to take (a person) to the woodshed1882
rawhide1895
to tell off1897
to tell (someone) where he or she gets off1900
to get on ——1904
to put (a person) in (also into) his, her place1908
strafe1915
tick1915
woodshed1935
to slap (a person) down1938
sort1941
bind1942
bottle1946
mat1948
ream1950
zap1961
elder1967
1840 H. Cockton Life Valentine Vox xli They had done nothing! Why were they carpeted?
1871 Daily News 23 Sept. When they [sc. Colonel Burnaby and Captain Annesley] were ‘carpeted’ [by the Jockey Club] to account for the suspicious running of the mare Tarragona with Michel Grove.
Derivatives
ˈcarpeted adj.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > floor-covering > [adjective] > covered with a carpet
Turkey-carpeted1831
carpeted1849
Kidderminstered1852
wall-to-wall1953
close-carpeted1958
1849 C. Brontë Shirley I. x. 252 She noiselessly paced..the carpeted floor.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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