[car.pet] n [ME, fr. MF carpite, fr. OIt carpita, fr. carpire to pluck, modif. of L carpere to pluck--more at harvest] (15c) 1: a heavy often tufted fabric used as a floor covering; also: a floor covering made of this fabric
2: a surface resembling or suggesting a carpet -- carpet vt -- on the carpet : before an authority for censure or reproof