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Axminster carpet   Listen
noun
Axminster carpet, Axminster  n.  
1.
A variety of Turkey carpet, woven by machine or, when more than 27 inches wide, on a hand loom, and consisting of strips of worsted chenille so colored as to produce a pattern on a stout jute backing. It has a fine soft pile. So called from Axminster, England, where it was formerly (1755 1835) made.
2.
A similar but cheaper machine-made carpet, resembling moquette in construction and appearance, but finer and of better material.






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"Axminster carpet" Quotes from Famous Books



... and Christine were talking as they rolled up the Axminster carpet which, since the bailiff had no claim on it, was to go to the pawnbroker's to appease the butcher. The door stood open, and he could hear Edith's bitter, resentful ...
— The Dark House • I. A. R. Wylie



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