The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Carpeting \Car"pet*ing\, n.
   1. The act of covering with carpets.
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   2. Cloth or materials for carpets; carpets, in general.
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            The floor was covered with rich carpeting.
                                                  --Prescott.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Carpet \Car"pet\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Carpeted; p. pr. & vb.
   n. Carpeting.]
   To cover with, or as with, a carpet; to spread with carpets;
   to furnish with a carpet or carpets.
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         Carpeted temples in fashionable squares. --E. Everett.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

carpeting
    n 1: floor covering consisting of a piece of thick heavy fabric
         (usually with nap or pile) [syn: rug, carpet,
         carpeting]