Webster's 1913 Dictionary
AXMINSTER
AXMINSTER Ax "min `ster, n.
Defn: An Axminster carpet, an imitation Turkey carpet, noted for its thick and soft pile; -- so called from Axminster, Eng.
AXMINSTER; AXMINSTER CARPET
AXMINSTER; AXMINSTER CARPET Ax "min *ster, n., or Axminster carpet. (a ) [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. (b ) A similar but cheaper machine-made carpet, resembling moquette in construction and appearance, but finer and of better material.
New American Oxford Dictionary
Axminster
Ax min ster |ˈaksˌminstər ˈæksˌmɪnstər |(also Axminster carpet ) ▶noun a kind of machine-woven patterned carpet with a cut pile. ORIGIN early 19th cent.: named after the town of Axminster in southern England, noted since the 18th cent. for the production of carpets.
Oxford Dictionary
Axminster
Axminster |ˈaksmɪnstə |(also Axminster carpet ) ▶noun a kind of machine-woven patterned carpet with a cut pile. ORIGIN early 19th cent.: named after the town of Axminster in southern England, noted since the 18th cent. for the production of carpets.
Duden Dictionary
Axminsterteppich
Ax mins ter tep pich, Ax mins ter-Tep pich Substantiv, maskulin , der Axminster-Teppich |ˈɛksmɪnstɐ … ˈɛksmɪnstɐ …|der Axminsterteppich; Genitiv: des Axminsterteppichs, Plural: die Axminsterteppiche der Axminster-Teppich; Genitiv: des Axminster-Teppichs, Plural: die Axminster-Teppiche nach der englischen Stadt Axminster in Devonshire gewebter Florteppich
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