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Definition of axminster in English Turkish dictionary
- (İmalat) Hali çeşidi / Türk halısının İngiltere-Axminster de yapıldığı için şehrin adını alan bir benzeri
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Definition of axminster in English English dictionary
- A town in England
- A carpet made in Axminster imitating the Turkey carpet, noted for its thick and soft pile
- {i} city in England; carpet manufactured in that city
- It has a fine soft pile
- An Axminster carpet, an imitation Turkey carpet, noted for its thick and soft pile; so called from Axminster, Eng
- So called from Axminster, England, where it was formerly (1755 1835) made
- A similar but cheaper machine- made carpet, resembling moquette in construction and appearance, but finer and of better material
- 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
- Axminster carpet
- Floor covering produced in a factory founded at Axminster, England, in 1755 by the cloth weaver Thomas Whitty. The carpets were knotted in wool on woolen warps, with wefts of flax or hemp, and featured Renaissance architectural or floral patterns. The factory closed in 1835 with the advent of industrial weaving machines. The name survives as a generic term for all machine-made carpets with pile similar to velvet or chenille
- axminster carpet
- So called from Axminster, England, where it was formerly (1755 1835) made
- axminster carpet
- A similar but cheaper machine- made carpet, resembling moquette in construction and appearance, but finer and of better material
- axminster carpet
- It has a fine soft pile
- axminster carpet
- 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