oriental carpet
nounEtymology From oriental + carpet. Attested from the 19th century.
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A handwoven carpet in one of various styles made in or associated with the Orient; an oriental rug.
- 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.1989, P.R.J. Ford, The Oriental Carpet, →OCLC, page 10: