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- 1. a Greek woven woollen rug with a thick loose pile.
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Flokati rug. close-up of a flokati rug. A flokati rug is a woven wool rug. They are shaggy in appearance, and are thick and soft. Modern wool or synthetic rugs may be purchased in a variety of colours.
noun. flo· ka· ti rug flō-ˈkä-tē- : a handwoven Greek woolen rug with a thick shaggy pile. called also flokati. Examples of flokati rug in a Sentence. Recent Examples on the Web. These examples are automatically compiled from online sources to illustrate current usage.
flokati in American English. (floʊˈkɑti ) noun. [also F-] a rug with a thick, rough nap, that originated as a hand-woven, white wool rug in Greece, but is now also made in a variety of colors with synthetic fibers. Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.
flokati in American English. (floʊˈkɑti ) noun. [also F-] a rug with a thick, rough nap, that originated as a hand-woven, white wool rug in Greece, but is now also made in a variety of colors with synthetic fibers. Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.
May 16, 2024 · Flokati rugs are handwoven Grecian rugs that feature a soft and thick pile. The basic design for this type of rug dates back to the 5th century and was originally used by the Vlach shepherds residing in the Pindos mountain region.
Flokati definition: A woven, usually woolen area rug with a long, soft pile, traditionally of Greek origin.
A woven, usually woolen area rug with a long, soft pile, traditionally of Greek origin. [Modern Greek flokáti, peasant's blanket, from flókos, woolen pile, fluff, from Latin floccus, tuft of wool (probably via an Italian dialectal form akin to standard Italian fiocco, tuft ).]
Oct 14, 2024 · Noun. [edit] flokati (plural flokatis) A handwoven woolen rug with a thick pile. Further reading. [edit] Flokati rug on Wikipedia. Categories: English terms borrowed from Greek. English terms derived from Greek. English terms derived from Italian. English lemmas. English nouns. English countable nouns. English terms with quotations.
Flokati definition: a thick, woolen rug with a shaggy pile, originally handwoven in Greece.. See examples of FLOKATI used in a sentence.
flo•ka•ti (flō kä′ tē), n., pl. -tis. Textiles a thick, woolen rug with a shaggy pile, originally handwoven in Greece. Vulgar Latin; see floccus, - ate1. Balkan Romance; compare Aromanian flucat shaggy, fleecy.
