carpet

carpet
—carpetless, adj. —carpetlike, adj.
/kahr"pit/, n.
1. a heavy fabric, commonly of wool or nylon, for covering floors.
2. a covering of this material.
3. any relatively soft surface or covering like a carpet: They walked on the carpet of grass.
4. on the carpet,
a. before an authority or superior for an accounting of one's actions or a reprimand: He was called on the carpet again for his carelessness.
b. Chiefly Brit. under consideration or discussion.
5. any of a number of airborne electronic devices for jamming radar.
6. a system of such devices.
v.t.
7. to cover or furnish with or as with a carpet.
8. Chiefly Brit. to reprimand.
[1300-50; ME carpete cloth covering for a table, floor, bed, etc. < MF carpite or ML carpita < It carpita woolen bedspread < VL *carpita, ptp. of carpire, for L carpere to pluck, card (wool)]

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