Main Entry: car·pet

Pronunciation: \ˈkär-pət\

Function: noun

Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French carpite, from Old Italian carpita, from carpire to pluck, modification of Latin carpere to pluck — more at harvest

Date: 15th century

1 : a heavy often tufted fabric used as a floor covering; also : a floor covering made of this fabric
2 : a surface or layer resembling or suggesting a carpet

— carpet transitive verb

— on the carpet : before an authority for censure or reproof <got called on the carpet by his boss>