資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Brussels \Brus"sels\, n.
   A city of Belgium, giving its name to a kind of carpet, a
   kind of lace, etc.

   {Brussels carpet}, a kind of carpet made of worsted yarn
      fixed in a foundation web of strong linen thread. The
      worsted, which alone shows on the upper surface in drawn
      up in loops to form the pattern.

   {Brussels ground}, a name given to the handmade ground of
      real Brussels lace. It is very costly because of the
      extreme fineness of the threads.

   {Brussels lace}, an expensive kind of lace of several
      varieties, originally made in Brussels; as, Brussels
      point, Brussels ground, Brussels wire ground.

   {Brussels net}, an imitation of Brussels ground, made by
      machinery.

   {Brussels point}. See {Point lace}.

   {Brussels sprouts} (Bot.), a plant of the Cabbage family,
      which produces, in the axils of the upright stem, numerous
      small green heads, or ``sprouts,'' each a cabbage in
      miniature, of one or two inches in diameter; the
      thousand-headed cabbage.

   {Brussels wire ground}, a ground for lace, made of silk, with
      meshes partly straight and partly arched.

Carpet \Car"pet\ (k[aum]r"p[e^]t), n. [OF. carpite rug, soft of
   cloth, F. carpette coarse packing cloth, rug (cf. It. carpita
   rug, blanket), LL. carpeta, carpita, woolly cloths, fr. L.
   carpere to pluck, to card (wool); cf. Gr. karpo`s fruit, E.
   {Harvest}.]
   1. A heavy woven or felted fabric, usually of wool, but also
      of cotton, hemp, straw, etc.; esp. a floor covering made
      in breadths to be sewed together and nailed to the floor,
      as distinguished from a rug or mat; originally, also, a
      wrought cover for tables.

            Tables and beds covered with copes instead of
            carpets and coverlets.                --T. Fuller.

   2. A smooth soft covering resembling or suggesting a carpet.
      ``The grassy carpet of this plain.'' --Shak.

   {Carpet beetle} or {Carpet bug} (Zo["o]l.), a small beetle
      ({Anthrenus scrophulari[ae]}), which, in the larval state,
      does great damage to carpets and other woolen goods; --
      also called {buffalo bug}.

   {Carpet knight}.
      (a) A knight who enjoys ease and security, or luxury, and
          has not known the hardships of the field; a hero of
          the drawing room; an effeminate person. --Shak.
      (b) One made a knight, for some other than military
          distinction or service.

   {Carpet moth} (Zo["o]l.), the larva of an insect which feeds
      on carpets and other woolen goods. There are several
      kinds. Some are the larv[ae] of species of {Tinea} (as {T.
      tapetzella}); others of beetles, esp. {Anthrenus}.

   {Carpet snake} (Zo["o]l.), an Australian snake. See {Diamond
      snake}, under {Diamond}.

   {Carpet sweeper}, an apparatus or device for sweeping
      carpets.

   {To be on the carpet}, to be under consideration; to be the
      subject of deliberation; to be in sight; -- an expression
      derived from the use of carpets as table cover.

   {Brussels carpet}. See under {Brussels}.

資料來源 : WordNet®

Brussels carpet
     n : a carpet with a strong linen warp and a heavy pile of
         colored woolen yarns drawn up in uncut loops to form a
         pattern