"carpet" Definition

Definitions for the word "carpet" from multiple English dictionaries.

1. n.
1 a thick fabric for covering floor or stairs. B piece of this. 2 thing resembling this etc. (carpet of snow). v. (-t-) 1 cover with or as with carpet. 2 colloq. Reprimand. on the carpet colloq. 1 being reprimanded. 2 under consideration. Sweep under the carpet conceal (a problem or difficulty). [latin carpo pluck]
Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 1884
2. slang
“upon the CARPET,” any subject or matter that is uppermost for discussion or conversation. Frequently quoted as _sur le tapis_, or more generally “on the _tapis_,” but it does not seem to be at all known in France. Also servants’ slang. When a domestic is summoned by the master or mistress to receive a warning or reprimand, he or she is said to be CARPETED. The corresponding term in commercial establishments is a WIGGING.
Source: The Slang Dictionary, 1864

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