Hypertext Webster Gateway: "carpeting"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Carpet \Car"pet\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Carpeted}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Carpeting}.]
To cover with, or as with, a carpet; to spread with carpets;
to furnish with a carpet or carpets.
Carpeted temples in fashionable squares. --E. Everett.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Carpeting \Car"pet*ing\, n.
1. The act of covering with carpets.
2. Cloth or materials for carpets; carpets, in general.
The floor was covered with rich carpeting.
--Prescott.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
carpeting
n : floor covering consisting of a piece of thick heavy fabric
(usually with nap or pile) [syn: {rug}, {carpet}]
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