rug
rug [rug rugs] [rʌɡ] [rʌɡ] noun
1. a piece of thick material like a small carpet that is used for covering or decorating part of a floor
• a hearth rug (= in front of a fireplace )
• an oriental rug
• a sheepskin rug
2. (BrE) a piece of thick warm material, like a blanket, that is used for wrapping around your legs to keep warm
• a travelling rug
• a tartan rug
3. (informal, especially NAmE) = toupee
see pull the rug (out) from under sb's feet at pull v., sweep sth under the rug at sweep v.
Word Origin:
mid 16th cent. (denoting a type of coarse woollen cloth): probably of Scandinavian origin; compare with Norwegian dialect rugga ‘coverlet’, Swedish rugg ‘ruffled hair’; related to rag ‘piece of cloth’. The sense ‘small carpet’ dates from the early 19th cent.
Example Bank:
• A Persian rug covered the polished floor.
• There were several brightly coloured rugs scattered around.