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Rug or RUG may refer to: Rug, or carpet, a textile floor covering; Rug, slang for a toupée; Ghent University (Rijksunversiteit Gent, or RUG) Really Useful Group, or RUG, a company set up by Andrew Lloyd Webber; Rugby railway station, National Rail code RUG; University of Groningen (Rijksuniversiteit Groningen), or RUG
[5]: 105 Bed rugs began as carpet-like textiles, and were more common in 18th century than floor rugs. [4] In his Draper's Dictionary (1882), William Beck noted that the term rug was only used in America to describe the coverings for ordinary beds. [6]: 1 Sources provide conflicting information about bed rugs.
Woven rugs include both flat rugs (for example kilims) and pile rugs. [2] The more tightly a rug is woven or knotted, the more detailed a design can be. "It is generally believed that the density of knots, the age, the material, and the rarity of the design or knots determines the value of a carpet. ..." [This quote needs a citation]
Rag-and-bone man in Paris in 1899 (Photo Eugène Atget). In the UK, 19th-century rag-and-bone men scavenged unwanted rags, bones, metal and other waste from the towns and cities in which they lived. [8]
A rya or rye is a traditional Scandinavian wool rug with a long pile of about 1 to 3 inches. [1] They are made using a form of the Ghiordes knot to make the double-sided pile fabric. [2] Though rya means "rug" in English, the original meaning in Sweden of rya was a bed cover with a knotted pile. [3]
Reconstruction-era carpet bag. A carpet bag is a top-opening travelling bag made of carpet, commonly from an oriental rug.It was a popular form of luggage in the United States and Europe in the 19th century, featuring simple handles and only an upper frame, which served as its closure.
(They wrote the last section S–Z before the Oxford English Dictionary had reached that stage.) 2nd Edition (1929): The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Current English H. W. Fowler alone (his brother had died in 1918, although his name is still on the title page). 3rd Edition: (1934) was revised by H. W. Fowler and H. G. Le Mesurier.
Matting or floor covering or rugs is any of many coarse woven or plaited fibrous materials used for covering floors or furniture, for hanging as screens, for wrapping up heavy merchandise and for other miscellaneous purposes.