Word before "rug" or "map" (4)

I believe the answer is:

area

(Other definitions for area that I've seen before include "Territory" , "Space for a specific purpose, say picnic" , "The measure of a surface" , "Field -- expanse" , "Expanse of a surface" .)

I've seen this clue in the Universal.

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