oriental carpet

English

Etymology

From oriental +‎ carpet. Attested from the 19th century.

Noun

oriental carpet (plural oriental carpets)

  1. A handwoven carpet in one of various styles made in or associated with the Orient; an oriental rug.
    • 1989, P.R.J. Ford, The Oriental Carpet, OCLC 18441739, page 10:
      It must be emphasized at once that in the narrow sense one cannot identify an oriental carpet simply by its design. The classical method used by experts in the carpet trade is to study the weave.
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