Carpeting
['kɑːpɪtɪŋ] or ['kɑrpɪtɪŋ]
Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Carpet
(n.) The act of covering with carpets.
(n.) Cloth or materials for carpets; carpets, in general.
Typist: Nola
Examples
- The latter took a dozen warriors, including myself, and we raced across the velvety carpeting of moss to the little enclosure. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- In one corner of it stood a bed, covered neatly with a snowy spread; and by the side of it was a piece of carpeting, of some considerable size. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- CARPETING He set off down the bank, and she went unwillingly with him. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Go, pick up my things, like a cherub, as you are, said Jo, dropping down under a maple tree, which was carpeting the bank with crimson leaves. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- The grass was soft and fine and old, a level floor carpeting the court, the sky was blue overhead. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
Typist: Manfred