rag rug

American  

noun

1. a rug, often multicolored, made of rags or strips of fabric woven or stitched together.

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Etymology

Origin of rag rug

An Americanism dating back to 1915–20

Example Sentences

Most fabrics can be used to make a rag rug, although you should stick with the same fabric type for the entire rug.

From New York Times

Your woven rag rug is complete.

From New York Times

“I didn’t have money, and I wanted to decorate my place,” he says, so Pogue, 41, began crafting things for his Los Angeles apartment, upholstering a sofa in a Japanese boro-style hodgepodge of thrifted denim, knotting a rag rug for the floor and making curtains to use as room dividers.

From New York Times

It goes on to describe a small table with a vase of gladiolas, a prison-made rag rug on the floor, a dresser and two cots at the rear of the cell.

From Washington Times

And as they listened, they looked down in wonder, for there on the rag rug lay one of these, stretched out flat on his royal back, his illustrious tail twitching idly, and his jeweled eyes on their daughter’s hand as she turned the pages that spoke of his ancestors—the guardian cats of the Siamese princesses.

From Literature