RUGGING
Etymology
Noun
rugging (usually uncountable, plural ruggings)
A coarse woollen cloth used for making rugs, blankets etc.
The manufacture of rugs.
Anagrams
• gurging
Source: Wiktionary
Rug"ging, n.
Definition: A coarse kind of woolen cloth, used for wrapping, blanketing,
etc.
RUG
Rug, n. Etym: [Cf. Sw. rugg entanglend hair, ruggig rugged, shaggy,
probably akin to E. 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. Holinshed.
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. Rug gown, a gown made of rug, of
or coarse, shaggy cloth. B. Johnson.
Rug, v. t.
Definition: To pull roughly or hastily; to plunder; to spoil; to tear.
[Scot.] Sir W. Scott.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition