Polish carpet

noun

variants or Polish rug

1

: a Persian rug of the late 16th to 18th centuries having a silk pile and usually interwoven gold and silver threads

2

: a tapestry-woven rug in which some metal thread is used

Word History

Etymology

Polish entry 1

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