carpet beater

See also: carpetbeater and carpet-beater

English

Alternative forms

• carpet-beater, carpetbeater

Etymology

From carpet +‎ beater.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌkɑːpɪtˈbiːtə/

Noun

carpet beater (plural carpet beaters)

1. A tool for beating dust out of carpets, cushions, etc., used in housecleaning before the invention of the vacuum cleaner.

Translations

tool used in housecleaning

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 除塵拍／除尘拍 (chúchénpāi)

• Dutch: mattenklopper (nl) m
• Esperanto: tapiŝobatilo
• Finnish: mattopiiska (fi)
• French: battoir à tapis m
• German: Teppichklopfer (de) m
• Hungarian: szőnyegporoló (hu)
• Italian: battipanni (it) m
• Japanese: 布団叩き (futon hataki)
• Polish: trzepaczka (pl) f, trzepaczka do dywanów (pl) f
• Portuguese: batedor de tapete m
• Romanian: bătător (ro) n
• Russian: выбива́лка для ковро́в f (vybiválka dlja kovróv)
• Serbo-Croatian: klofer (sh) m
• Swedish: mattpiska (sv) c