Function: noun
Date: 1946
: something likened to a mat placed before an entrance as a sign of welcome <put out the welcome mat for foreign investors>
Function: noun
Date: 1946
: something likened to a mat placed before an entrance as a sign of welcome <put out the welcome mat for foreign investors>
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary. Merriam Webster - Энциклопедический словарь английского языка. 2012