Ax|min|ster

Ax|min|ster
Ax|min|ster «AKS mihn stuhr», noun, or Axminster carpet,
1. a kind of handmade carpet with a finely tufted, velvetlike pile.
2. a carpet made by machine to imitate it.
[< Axminster, a town in England, where it was formerly made]

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