Wilton carpet n 1: a carpet woven on a Jacquard loom with loops like a Brussels carpet but having the loops cut to form a close velvety pile [syn: {Wilton}, {Wilton carpet}]
Wilton carpet \Wil"ton car`pet\ A kind of carpet woven with loops like the Brussels, but differing from it in having the loops cut so as to form an elastic velvet pile; -- so called because made originally at Wilton, England. [1913 Webster]