Wil|ton

Wil|ton
Wil|ton «WIHL tuhn», noun, or Wilton carpet or rug,
a kind of carpet or rug resembling Brussels carpet in weave but having the loops cut so as to produce a velvety surface.
[< Wilton, a town in Wiltshire, England, where such carpets were made]

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