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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



... severally white, lemon, light pink, and pale green—an idea which I candidly confess was inspired by the spectacle of a Neapolitan ice. If you think that this is merely an idle whim, just imagine endeavouring to sleep in pyjamas patterned like an Axminster carpet or a Scotch tartan. No wonder Macbeth "murdered sleep" if he was arrayed in ...
— Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, July 22, 1914 • Various



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