Turkey carpetn.

Etymology: < Turkey n.¹ + carpet n.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈTurkey ˈcarpet.

A carpet manufactured in or imported from Turkey, or of a style in imitation of this; made in one piece of richly-coloured wools, without any imitative pattern, on a foundation of flax, hemp, or other material, and having a deep pile, cut so as to resemble velvet.

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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > floor-covering > [noun] > carpet > Oriental > Turkish

Turkey carpet1546

turquesques1594

Turkey carpeting1843

Kilim1881

Turkish carpet1886

Anatolian1900

Ushak1901

Smyrna1904

Smyrna carpet1904

1546 in Acts Privy Council (1890) I. 537 vij chestes of Spanisshe velvettes, one fardell of Turkey carpettes.

1552 in J. O. Payne St. Paul's Cathedr. time Edw. VI (1893) 24 One Turkeye carpett for the Communyon table.

1688 in R. Willis & J. W. Clark Archit. Hist. Univ. Cambr. (1886) II. 219 A long Turkey Carpet in the Meeting roome.

1751 S. Johnson Rambler No. 112. ⁋10 She spilt her coffee on a Turkey carpet.

1836 W. Irving Astoria I. xviii. 305 The prairies..were gaily painted with innumerable flowers, exhibiting the motley confusion of colours of a Turkey carpet.

1894 G. M. Fenn In Alpine Valley I. 3 The thick Turkey carpet.

Derivatives

Turkey-ˈcarpeted adj. furnished with a Turkey carpet.

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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > floor-covering > [adjective] > covered with a carpet

Turkey-carpeted1831

carpeted1849

Kidderminstered1852

wall-to-wall1953

close-carpeted1958

1831 M. Edgeworth Let. 29 Mar. (1971) 505 The library at Eton College is the most comfortable I ever was in—turkey carpetted.

1849 C. Dickens David Copperfield (1850) xx. 205 A snug private apartment, red-curtained and Turkey-carpeted.

Turkey carpeting n. the material of Turkey carpets.

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