carpet
noun
a heavy fabric, commonly of wool or nylon, for covering floors.
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
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Originally intended mainly for patios, Ozite is spreading to schools, supermarkets, kitchens, and is carpeting yachts gunwale to gunwale.
From Time Magazine Archive
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