Definitions
floor covering consisting of a piece of thick heavy fabric (usually with nap or pile)
Word origin
Uncertain; probably of North Germanic origin; perhaps inherited via Middle English *rugge (suggested by Middle English ruggy (“hairy, shaggy, bristly”) and rugged (“hairy, shaggy, rugged”)), from Old Norse rǫgg (“shagginess, tuft”), from Proto-Germanic *rawwō (“long wool”), probably related to *rūhaz (“rough”), related to English rag and rough.
Used in a sentence
“They then cut down a quantity of gum-tree leaves for a bed, and threw their rugs upon them ready for bed-time.”
“1950 April, Dental Journal of Australia, Volume 22, page 181, My own son had a bunny rug of which he was very fond and on being put to bed he would always demand his “bunny rug to suck his finger with.″”
“1958, Arthur Hailey, John Castle. Runway Zero-Eight. Bantham Books She tucked in a rug round the woman. “How’s that?” The woman nodded gratefully.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer10 curated clues
01“Area floor covering”3 letters
02“Bedside floor covering”3 letters
03“Cozy floor covering”3 letters
04“Decorative floor mat”3 letters
05“Decorative floor piece”3 letters
06“Floor textile”3 letters
07“Small carpet”3 letters
08“Small floor covering”3 letters
09“Small woven floor cover”3 letters
10“Toupee, slang”3 letters
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