rug

1. (UK, Australia) A (usually thick) piece of fabric used for warmth (especially on a bed); a blanket.Examples: "They then cut down a quantity of gum-tree leaves for a bed, and threw their rugs upon them ready for bed-time."; "Furnish every sleeping apartment with a sufficient number of toilet utensils and bedsteads, and sufficient bedding so that each bed shall be provided with a mattress, two sheets, a rug, and, in winter time, not less than one additional rug."; "1950 April, Dental Journal of Australia, Volume 22, page 181, My own son had a bunny rug of which he was very fond and on being put to bed he would always demand his “bunny rug to suck his finger with.″"AustraliaUK

2. (historical, now rare) A kind of coarse, heavy frieze, formerly used for clothing.Examples: "They spin the choicest rug in Ireland. A friend of mine […] repaired to Paris Garden clad in one of these Waterford rugs."archaichistorical

3. (historical, now rare) A cloak or mantle made of such a frieze.archaichistorical

4. (obsolete, rare) A person wearing a rug.obsoleterare

5. (obsolete, rare) A dense layer of natural vegetation that precludes the growth of crops.obsoleterare

6. (slang) The female pubic hair.Synonyms: carpet, matslang