wilton carpet Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a carpet woven on a Jacquard loom with loops like a Brussels carpet but having the loops cut to form a close velvety pile
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Wil"ton car`pet
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  1. A kind of carpet woven with loops like the Brussels, but differing from it in having the loops cut so as to form an elastic velvet pile; -- so called because made originally at Wilton, England.

Webster 1913