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axminster carpet
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axminster carpet, n. [More fully chenille Axminster.].
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. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
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