Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A heavy fabric with a thick nap, used for upholstery.
- noun A carpet with a deep tufted pile.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A stuff with a thick soft velvety nap of wool, and a warp of hemp or linen, especially such a material heavy enough to be used for carpeting.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A kind of carpet having a short velvety pile.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A kind of
fabric with a thickpile used forcarpeting or toupholster seating etc.; also an article covered in such material.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a thick velvety synthetic fabric used for carpets and soft upholstery
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[French, alteration of obsolete moucade.]
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From French moquette.
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Moquette, which comes from the French word for carpet, is a tough woollen fabric that is used in upholstery on public transport all over the world.
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