A carpet is a textile floor covering typically consisting of an upper layer of pile attached to a backing. The pile was traditionally made from wool, but... 78 KB (9,979 words) - 19:01, 30 April 2024 |
A carpet beater or carpetbeater (also referred to as a rug beater or rugbeater, carpet whip, rug whip, clothes-beater, dust beater or dustbeater, carpet... 2 KB (308 words) - 00:33, 17 February 2024 |
A carpet bag is a top-opening travelling bag made of carpet, commonly from an oriental rug. It was a popular form of luggage in the United States and... 4 KB (522 words) - 15:53, 18 April 2024 |
Carpet bombing, also known as saturation bombing, is a large area bombardment done in a progressive manner to inflict damage in every part of a selected... 27 KB (3,309 words) - 23:36, 20 April 2024 |
A Persian carpet (Persian: فرش ایرانی, romanized: farš-e irâni [ˈfærʃe ʔfarˈsi]) or Persian rug (Persian: قالی ایرانی, romanized: qâli-ye irâni [ɢɒːˈliːje... 111 KB (14,311 words) - 12:51, 4 May 2024 |
A magic carpet, also called a flying carpet, is a legendary carpet and common trope in fantasy fiction. It is typically used as a form of transportation... 8 KB (850 words) - 14:55, 14 April 2024 |
Carpet sharks are sharks classified in the order Orectolobiformes /ɒrɛkˈtɒləbɪfɔːrmiːz/. Sometimes the common name "carpet shark" (named so because many... 28 KB (1,820 words) - 05:52, 6 March 2024 |
A red carpet is traditionally used to mark the route taken by heads of state on ceremonial and formal occasions, and has in recent decades been extended... 9 KB (956 words) - 06:21, 12 April 2024 |
Look up carpet in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Carpet is a common type of floor covering. Fitted carpet, carpet fixed to the floor Carpet may also... 1 KB (180 words) - 08:43, 3 May 2022 |
Fitted carpet, also wall-to-wall carpet, is a carpet intended to cover a floor entirely. Carpet over 4 meters in length is usually installed with the use... 6 KB (649 words) - 14:03, 14 April 2024 |
Look up magic carpet in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A magic carpet is a mythological flying (or "teleporting") rug. Magic carpet may also refer to:... 2 KB (227 words) - 03:25, 30 September 2021 |
A carpet plot is any of a few different specific types of plot. The more common plot referred to as a carpet plot is one that illustrates the interaction... 6 KB (581 words) - 16:10, 15 April 2021 |
Carpet bowls is a variant of lawn bowls played indoors. Originating in England, it is played particularly in the South of England, although it is played... 3 KB (482 words) - 19:49, 11 January 2022 |
The Carpet People is a comic fantasy novel by British writer Terry Pratchett. First published in 1971 and written when Pratchett was 17 years old, it was... 5 KB (300 words) - 22:25, 27 August 2023 |
Azerbaijani carpet (Azerbaijani: Azərbaycan xalçası) is a traditional carpet (rug) made in Azerbaijan. The Azerbaijani carpet is a handmade textile of... 7 KB (728 words) - 16:41, 7 March 2024 |
The common carpet or white-banded toothed carpet (Epirrhoe alternata) is a moth of the family Geometridae. The species was first described by Otto Friedrich... 2 KB (229 words) - 15:24, 2 May 2024 |
The varied carpet beetle (Anthrenus verbasci) is a 3 mm-long beetle belonging to the family Dermestidae. They are a common species, often considered a... 16 KB (1,771 words) - 04:12, 21 March 2024 |
Arabian carpet (Arabic: سجاد, Sijjad) is an oriental carpet made in the Arab world using traditional Arab carpet-making techniques. Arabian carpets achieved... 2 KB (188 words) - 08:51, 29 June 2023 |
Molded carpet generally refers to the carpets used in the interiors of cars. The molded carpet is designed to hug the floorpans so there are no pockets... 2 KB (363 words) - 11:11, 6 July 2021 |
"The Carpet Crawlers" is a song by the English progressive rock band Genesis, recorded for their sixth studio album The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway. Mike... 10 KB (1,000 words) - 23:58, 21 January 2024 |
Carpetbagger (redirect from Carpet-Bagger) exclusively as a pejorative term, originated from the carpet bag, a form of cheap luggage, made from carpet fabric, which many of the newcomers carried. The... 49 KB (6,341 words) - 13:44, 22 April 2024 |
The term Armenian carpet designates, but is not limited to, tufted rugs or knotted carpets woven in Armenia or by Armenians from pre-Christian times to... 38 KB (4,161 words) - 11:01, 11 April 2024 |
The juniper carpet (Thera juniperata) is a moth of the family Geometridae. The species was first described by Carl Linnaeus in his 1758 10th edition of... 3 KB (292 words) - 11:41, 18 June 2021 |
A carpet sweeper is a mechanical device for the cleaning of carpets. They were popular before the introduction of the vacuum cleaner and have been largely... 3 KB (388 words) - 15:22, 24 April 2024 |
Carpet cleaner or rug cleaner may refer to: a product used in carpet cleaning Carpet beater Carpet sweeper This disambiguation page lists articles associated... 152 bytes (50 words) - 15:10, 24 December 2023 |
The Ardabil Carpet (or Ardebil Carpet) is the name of two different famous Persian carpets, the larger and better-known now in the Victoria and Albert... 15 KB (1,820 words) - 21:50, 9 March 2024 |
Axminster Carpets Ltd is an Axminster, Devon based English manufacturer of carpets, particularly the same-named Axminster carpets. Whilst visiting Cheapside... 11 KB (941 words) - 10:55, 23 November 2023 |