1. (n.) A heavy woven or felted fabric, usually of wool, but also of cotton, hemp, straw, etc.; esp. a floor covering made in breadths to be sewed together and nailed to the floor, as distinguished from a rug or mat; originally, also, a wrought cover for tables.

2. (n.) A smooth soft covering resembling or suggesting a carpet.

3. (v. t.) To cover with, or as with, a carpet; to spread with carpets; to furnish with a carpet or carpets.

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