I stood upon the hearth-rug and picked up the stick which our visitor had left behind him the night before.
Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of Baskervilles
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Dictionary
Merriam-Webster
— a rug for the front of the hearth
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Macmillan
— a small thick piece of carpet placed on the floor in front of a fireplace
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Other Word Forms
hearthrugs
Usage
1 use of ‘hearthrug’ in The Hound of the Baskervilles, by Arthur Conan Doyle