n. A thick fabric, usually woven of wool, or of wool on a linen ground or back, and in more or less ornamental designs, used for covering floors, stairs, etc.n. Especially, a covering of this material for a floor or stair, made of several widths sewed together and intended to cover all the floor-space of a room, as distinguished, from a rug, which is usually woven in one piece of a definite shape (either oblong or square), and is designed to cover a part of the floor only.n. Figuratively, anything used as a carpet, or serving the purpose of a carpet.To cover with or as with a carpet; spread with carpets: as, to carpet a room.To bring upon the carpet or under consideration; make a subject of investigation; hence, to reprimand; “haul over the coals.”n. A British collectors' name for any one of several species of geometrid moths whose wings bear a carpet-like design, as the flame-carpet (Coremia propugnata) and the hazel-carpet (Cidaria corylata).