Brussels carpet en · NOUN
Meanings
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A kind of carpet made of wool fixed in a foundation web of strong linen thread.
There is a Brussels carpet; a table of brightly varnished, heavily grained yellow pine built by a long-dead local joiner; wallpaper with cowed brown flowers […].
1976, Angela Carter, “My Father's House”, in Shaking a Leg, Vintage, published 2013, page 19:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brussels carpets | Number=Plur | lexicographic |