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Definition of Carpeting
1. Noun. Floor covering consisting of a piece of thick heavy fabric (usually with nap or pile).
Specialized synonyms: Broadloom, Brussels Carpet, Drugget, Flying Carpet, Hearthrug, Kurdistan, Nammad, Numdah, Numdah Rug, Prayer Mat, Prayer Rug, Red Carpet, Runner, Scatter Rug, Throw Rug, Shag Rug, Stair-carpet, Wilton, Wilton Carpet
Terms within: Edging
Generic synonyms: Floor Cover, Floor Covering, Furnishing
Derivative terms: Carpet, Carpet, Carpet, Carpet
Definition of Carpeting
1. n. The act of covering with carpets.
Definition of Carpeting
1. Noun. Carpet or a piece of carpet, especially when speaking of installation or removal. ¹
2. Noun. Cloth or materials for carpets. ¹
3. Verb. (present participle of carpet) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Carpeting
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Carpeting
Literary usage of Carpeting
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review by Isaac Smith Homans, William Buck Dana (1858)
"Wyman and Acklay have appealed to this Department from the decision of the
collector at Boston, assessing duty on an article invoiced as " Dutch carpeting" ..."
2. Supplement to Encyclopædia Britannica (ninth Edition): A Dictionary of Arts (1891)
"Besides these, however, there were several hundreds of hand-looms used in the
making of rag carpeting. In 1810 the carpet product of the country was ..."
3. Home Furnishing: Facts and Figures about Furniture, Carpets and Rugs, Lamps by George Leland Hunter (1913)
"But for carpets and carpeting there was nothing but knocks. ... Lace curtains
and other draperies are banished, carpets and carpeting give way to rugs or ..."
4. Rural Arithmetic: A Course in Arithmetic Intended to Start Children to by John Edward Calfee (1913)
"Carpeting is usually | yd. or 1 yd. wide, and matting is 1 yd. wide. They are
sold by the yard. The number of yards needed for a given room depends upon the ..."
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