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broadloom carpet

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noun

  1. any carpet woven on a wide loom and not having seams, especially one wider than 54 inches (137 centimeters).

Etymology

Origin of broadloom carpet

First recorded in 1920–25

Example Sentences

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Maybe they hadn’t planned on staying, but they did, even expanding the plant in 2015 so that they could make commercial carpet for the aviation industry, as well as Karastan’s broadloom carpet and wool rugs.

From New York Times • Jun. 5, 2021

The big man strides ponderously up & down the big, dark-paneled office, his wide feet sinking heavily in the taupe broadloom carpet.

From Time Magazine Archive

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