carpet
[ kahr-pit ]
/ ˈkɑr pɪt /
noun
verb (used with object)
to cover or furnish with or as with a carpet.
Chiefly British. to reprimand.
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- before an authority or superior for an accounting of one's actions or a reprimand: He was called on the carpet again for his carelessness.
- Chiefly British. under consideration or discussion.
on the carpet,
Origin of carpet
1300–50; Middle English carpete cloth covering for a table, floor, bed, etc. < Middle French carpite or Medieval Latin carpīta < Italian carpita woolen bedspread < Vulgar Latin *carpīta, past participle of carpīre, for Latin carpere to pluck, card (wool)
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British Dictionary definitions for carpet
carpet
/ (ˈkɑːpɪt) /
noun
- a heavy fabric for covering floors
- (as modifier)a carpet sale
a covering like a carpeta carpet of leaves
on the carpet informal
- before authority to be reproved for misconduct or error
- under consideration
verb -pets, -peting or -peted (tr)
to cover with or as if with a carpet
informal to reprimand
Word Origin for carpet
C14: from Old French carpite, from Old Italian carpita, from Late Latin carpeta, literally: (wool) that has been carded, from Latin carpere to pluck, card
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Idioms and Phrases with carpet
carpet
see call on the carpet; red carpet. Also see under rug.
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