Axminster carpet
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of Axminster carpet
First recorded in 1810–20; named after town in SW England where manufactured
Example Sentences
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Kaur's exhibition includes family photos, an Axminster carpet, a vintage car covered in a giant doily and kinetic handbells.
From BBC • Dec. 3, 2024
But these days it seems more like a Blob: harder to corral than mercury spilled on an Axminster carpet.
From New York Times • Apr. 22, 2022
The elaborate desk has a fine green leather covering and the floor is covered in a bright red Axminster carpet.
From BBC • Jul. 29, 2013
In the next room Edith and Christine were talking as they rolled up the Axminster carpet which, since the bailiff had no claim on it, was to go to the pawnbroker's to appease the butcher.
From The Dark House by Wylie, I. A. R. (Ida Alexa Ross)
They were quite the tip-top set in Christ's College, and the ashes of the cigarettes they had been smoking lay about the rich Axminster carpet.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 99, December 13, 1890 by Various
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