Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A cotton rug made in South Asia.

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  • noun A thick, flat-woven Indian rug or carpet.

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Hindi darī, from Middle Indic *darita, split cane, mat, from variant of Sanskrit dalita-, past participle of dalati, he splits; see der- in Indo-European roots.]

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Examples

  • It is my time with a cooler, some music and hair let loose after the wash rolling on this dhurrie with a book in hand.

    Archive 2007-02-01 Anjali 2007

  • By torchlight I saw its living black globes for eyes, the bristles around its wide mouth, its moth-slaying moth face, the fabulous tasseled and brocaded smoking jacket it wears, its night mufti, the colors of tobacco juice or a dhurrie trodden into the dusty floor of a shuttered summer house.

    A Year on the Wing TIM DEE 2009

  • It is my time with a cooler, some music and hair let loose after the wash rolling on this dhurrie with a book in hand.

    Papaya Banana Smoothie Anjali 2007

  • Finally, I had a Cabul tent, 7 ft. 6 in. by 8 ft. 6 in., weighing, with poles and iron pins, 75 lbs., a trestle bed and cork mattress, a folding table and chair, and an Indian dhurrie as a carpet.

    Among the Tibetans Isabella Lucy 2004

  • Even a one-wall kitchen can celebrate nature with a bamboo or jute soap dish, wooden dish rack and cutting board, earthenware and metal containers to hold spices and grains, cotton pot holders, cotton dhurrie on the floor in front of the sink.

    The Power of Vastu Living Kathleen Cox 2002

  • A jute rug, wool kilim, cotton dhurrie, or silk carpet that sits on top of a wood or tile floor is so much more appealing than wall-to-wall carpeting, which is often created out of synthetic fibers.

    The Power of Vastu Living Kathleen Cox 2002

  • Ten minutes later, Marshall was still rooting through the bookshelves for the course materials, tossing onto the dhurrie rug everything she thought should be thrown away.

    html Scottoline, Lisa 2001

  • Magazines, a crystal ashtray, several art deco bowls and a flower vase were strewn over the dhurrie rug.

    Body of Evidence Patricia Cornwell 1991

  • Magazines, a crystal ashtray, several art deco bowls and a flower vase were strewn over the dhurrie rug.

    Body of Evidence Patricia Cornwell 1991

  • The polished hard-wood floor was almost completely covered with a dhurrie rug of pale blue and green geometrical designs against a field of white, and the furniture was white and angular with small pillows in pastels.

    POSTMORTEM Patricia Cornwell 1990

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