Carpeted a bare, rickety shack (9)

I believe the answer is:

earbashed

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'carpeted' is the definition.
Both the definition and answer are past participle verbs.
Perhaps there's a link between them I don't understand?

'a bare rickety shack' is the wordplay.
'rickety' indicates an anagram.
'shack' becomes 'shed' (I've seen this in another clue).
'a'+'bare'='abare'
'abare' is an anagram of 'earba'.
'earba'+'shed'='EARBASHED'

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(Another definition for earbashed that I've seen is " Did nag".)

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