Rug
Rug , noun
[Compare Swedish rugg entanglend hair, ruggig rugged, shaggy, probably akin to English rough. See Rough, a.]
1.
A kind of coarse, heavy frieze, formerly used for garments.
They spin the choicest rug in Ireland. A friend of mine... repaired to Paris Garden clad in one of these Waterford rugs. The mastiffs,... deeming he had been a bear, would fain have baited him.
2.
A piece of thick, nappy fabric, commonly made of wool, -- used for various purposes, as for covering and ornamenting part of a bare floor, for hanging in a doorway as a potière, for protecting a portion of carpet, for a wrap to protect the legs from cold, etc.
3.
A rough, woolly, or shaggy dog.
Collocations (1)
Rug gown , a gown made of rug, of or coarse, shaggy cloth. — B. Johnson
Rug , transitive verb
To pull roughly or hastily; to plunder; to spoil; to tear. [Scottish] — Sir W. Scott