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Oriental rug
noun
- a rug or carpet woven usually in Asia and characterized by hand-knotted pile.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of Oriental rug1
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Example Sentences
Mrs. French made a splendid addition to the room in a large Oriental rug that Doctor Joe valued more highly as the years went on.
It is to the tent-dwellers of the world, however, that we apparently owe the oriental rug.
"Why, this carpet," cried Shin Shira, pointing excitedly to a very quaint-looking Oriental rug in the corner of the window.
An oriental rug of dazzling medallion pattern was on the newly polished floor.
The boy sat on a small Oriental rug, and by his side stood a very peculiar lamp.
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