rug

noun12

1. •
   a floor covering that reaches only part of the way across a room, and can be lifted and moved
2. •
   (slang) A wig; a hairpiece.
3. •
   (UK, Australia) A (usually thick) piece of fabric used for warmth (especially on a bed); a blanket.

   • They then cut down a quantity of gum-tree leaves for a bed, and threw their rugs upon them ready for bed-time. — 1855
4. •
   A cloth covering for a horse.
5. •
   (slang) The female pubic hair.
6. •
   (informal) A dense growth of chest hair.
7. •
   A rough, woolly, or shaggy dog.
8. •
   (slang, offensive) Ellipsis of rughead.

   • We're the motherfuckers be fightin' when the rugs [black prisoners] start wasting people around here. — 1980
9. •
   (no longer used, historical) A kind of coarse, heavy frieze, formerly used for clothing.

   • They spin the choicest rug in Ireland. A friend of mine […] repaired to Paris Garden clad in one of these Waterford rugs. — 1577
10. •
    (no longer used, historical) A cloak or mantle made of such a frieze.
11. •
    (no longer used, rare) A dense layer of natural vegetation that precludes the growth of crops.
12. •
    (no longer used, rare) A person wearing a rug.

verb3

1. •
   To cover with a rug.

   • It stands to reason that because of the difference in climate the necessity for rugging a horse in Australia would vary considerably from that in cold countries like England […] — 1966
2. •
   Clipping of rug pull
3. •
   (Scotland, no longer used) To pull roughly or hastily; to plunder; to spoil; to tear.

   • “this was a job in the auld times o'rugging and riving through the hale country[…]” — 1816

noun1

1. •
   (slang) short form of Rugbeian