The phrase "a floor covering" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to materials or products that are used to cover the floor, such as carpets, rugs, or tiles.
Example: "When renovating the house, we decided to choose a durable floor covering that would withstand heavy foot traffic."
Alternatives: "a flooring material" or "a floor mat."
Drier areas sported a floor covering of pale lichens the texture of cauliflower florets.
Tatami, plural tatami, or tatamis, rectangular mat used as a floor covering in Japanese houses.
A device simulates the grinding action of a chair leg on a floor covering.
In New Town, I shot a man slicing carefully through a long strip of laminate for a floor covering, on his hands and knees.
Stripped down to underwear (this treatment is not for the bashful) you stand on a floor covering while you are spray-painted a healthy sun-kissed brown.
"You have to make sure you have the hot water capacity, and check the codes, especially for plumbing requirements". Mr. Rugo also uses a floor covering, like tile, for exercise areas that will not be affected by perspiration.
Living quarters for the senior officers consisted of eight separate well-furnished cabins, each provided with a small oak table and chair, an oil lamp, shelves and drawers and a canvas floor covering covered with a rug.
It has Formica cabinets, a linoleum floor covering a wood floor and an antique copper sink.
If you are confined to a certain space and it has a hard floor covering, request a rubber mat or a rug to be placed on the floor.
"We all feel great for Maria, who is a terrific lady," Ben Evans, a retired floor covering worker, said recently while eating breakfast at the diner's counter.
Experiments had to be undertaken to balance the locomotive by filling the linking corridor with large quantities of scrap metal, replaced in a re-design by a raised floor, covering the weighted material.
