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Axminster carpet
Axminster Ax"min*ster, n., or Axminster carpet 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.
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