rug
noun
[ rʌɡ ]
• a floor covering of thick woven material or animal skin, typically not extending over the entire floor.
• "an oriental rug"
Origin:
mid 16th century (denoting a type of coarse woollen cloth): probably of Scandinavian origin; compare with Norwegian dialect rugga ‘coverlet’, Swedish rugg ‘ruffled hair’; related to rag1. The sense ‘small carpet’ dates from the early 19th century.
