sb. [f. CARPET sb. or v. + -ING1.]
1. The action of covering (as) with carpet.
2. Material for carpets.
1806–7. J. Beresford, Miseries Hum. Life, ii. ix. This [is] carpeting compared with what follows.
1813. L. Hunt, in Examiner, 21 Feb., 114/1. Matting and carpeting have done much for the stone floor.
1835. Ure, Philos. Manuf., 139. In Wilton carpeting, there is both a linen warp and a worsted warp.
3. transf. A carpet-like covering.
1883. Century Mag., Dec., 174/1. Its rich carpeting of wild flowers.
1885. Sarah O. Jewett, March Island, xiv. The frayed whitish carpeting of their last year’s leaves.
4. See CARPET v. 4.
Mod. colloq. ‘She received from her mistress a thorough good carpeting.’
