carpetbeater
English
/ˌkɑːpɪtˈbiːtə/
noun
Definitions
- A tool for beating dust out of carpets, cushions, etc., used in housecleaning before the invention of the vacuum cleaner.
Etymology
Compound from English carpet + English beater.
Origin
English
beater
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- beat English
- beater English
- becarpet English
- carpet English
- carpet shark English
- carpetable English
- carpetbag English
- carpetball English
- carpetlayer English
- carpetless English
- carpetlike English
- carpetmaker English
- carpetmaking English
- carpetmonger English
- carpetsweeper English
- carpetward English
- carpetway English
- drumbeater English
- eggbeater English
- farebeater English
- gold-beater English
- goldbeater English
- nanocarpet English
- oriental carpet English
- recarpet English
- silverbeater English
- wifebeater English
- carpette French
- カーペット Japanese
- beter Middle English
- carpete Middle English
- carpite Old French
- karpet Cebuano
- ikhaphethe Zulu