Definition of "Brussels"

Brussels

/ˈbɹʌsəlz/

proper noun
1. The capital city of Belgium.
  Quotations
  Buying bread from a man in Brussels / He was 6'4", and full of muscle
  1981, Men At Work (lyrics and music), “Down Under”, in Business as Usual
2. (metonymically) The administrative apparatus of the European Union.
noun
plural Brussels
1. A Brussels carpet.
  Quotations
  If the same design be produced in a Brussels and in a Tapestry it will be found that the Brussels shows sharp, clean-cut outlines, where the Tapestry gives ragged, uneven effects, […]
  1911, Dry Goods Economist, volume 65, number 3, page 51