carpetcar‧pet1 /ˈkɑrpɪt/ ●●● noun [countable, uncountable] a heavy woven material for covering all of a floor and stairs, or a piece of this material: a wine stain on the carpet I’d like red carpet in the hall. [Origin: 1300–1400 Old French carpite, from Old Italian carpita, from carpire “to pull out”]