Definition of Shag rug

1. Noun. A rug with long pile.

Generic synonyms: Carpet, Carpeting, Rug
Specialized synonyms: Rya, Rya Rug
Terms within: Shag

Lexicographical Neighbors of Shag Rug

shaftin'
shafting
shaftings
shaftless
shaftlike
shaftment
shaftments
shaftmond
shaftmound
shafts
shaftway
shaftways
shag-hound
shag-rag
shag rug (current term)
shagbark
shagbark hickory
shagbarks
shagged
shaggedness
shagger
shaggers
shaggier
shaggiest

Literary usage of Shag rug

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Furniture of Our Forefathers by Esther Singleton, Russell Sturgis (1901)
"An East Indian quilt costs ^i-io-o, and a silk shag rug, £y, which was also the value of two home-made ..."

2. An Inquiry Concerning the Primitive Inhabitants of Ireland by Thomas Wood (1821)
"... and that %tlae Tallin was; wholly purple.43* Sir J. Ware in the same century says the Tallin was composed of wool or of a kind of shag-rug bordered with ..."

3. Genealogy of the Descendants of William Chesebrough of Boston, Rehoboth, Mass. by Anna Chesebrough Wildey (1903)
"Item—I give to my daughter Lucy Hancox one feather Bed, Bolster and one Pillow, one pair of sheets a shag Rug Bedstead ft Bed Cord, one Iron Kettle, ..."

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