Turkish rug

American  

noun

1. any of a large variety of handwoven rugs produced in Turkey, characterized by coarse, heavy yarn and a long, uneven pile.

---

Etymology

Origin of Turkish rug

First recorded in 1900–05

Example Sentences

Grant leaves and, alone in his enormous apartment, Moby takes off his shoes and, his feet bare on a Turkish rug, plays a Gymnopédie by Erik Satie on a $20,000 Swiss piano.

From The Guardian • May 23, 2019

There's also some filthy-minded contemporary art: Igor Eskinja has made a Turkish rug from dust, suitable quarry perhaps for Susan Collis's jewelled broom.

From The Guardian • Mar. 19, 2011

"No," replied the clerk carelessly, as he flecked the ashes from his cigar on to the fine Turkish rug.

From Bought and Paid For From the Play of George Broadhurst by Broadhurst, George Howells

Leimann lowered his eyes, looked fixedly at the pattern of the Turkish rug, and rubbed reflectively his unshaven chin.

From A Little Garrison A Realistic Novel of German Army Life of To-day by Bilse, Fritz Oswald

"By the private way," he said, pointing to the French woman, who was removing a heavy Turkish rug which lay in front of the fireplace.

From The City in the Clouds by Gull, C. Ranger