1.A heavy woven or felted fabric, usually of wool, but also of cotton, hemp, straw, etc.; esp. a floor covering made in breadths to be sewed together and nailed to the floor, as distinguished from a rug or mat; originally, also, a wrought cover for tables. "Tables and beds covered with copes instead of carpets and coverlets."
2.A smooth soft covering resembling or suggesting a carpet. "The grassy carpet of this plain."
Carpet knight. (a)A knight who enjoys ease and security, or luxury, and has not known the hardships of the field; a hero of the drawing room; an effeminate person.
(b)One made a knight, for some other than military distinction or service.
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