The picnickers huddled under a tarpaulin until the cloudburst passed. From LearnThat.org.
Here a tarp, short for tarpaulin, is a waterproof sheet of canvas or heavy duty plastic that you throw over things to keep the rain off. From Wordnik.com. [What Mexican Food Are You? and 3 Others] Reference
The pit is then lined with a tarpaulin which is weighted down with rocks. From Wordnik.com. Reference
The stage then goes dark while some kind of tarpaulin is laid out, and while it's still dark. From Wordnik.com. [Gay Banker] Reference
This cover can be out of a sturdy material such as tarpaulin that can be custom ordered to fit your RV specifically. From Wordnik.com. [Camping and Camping Resources. Find Camping News, Camping Gear and Camping Reports. Camping RSS Feed Available.] Reference
But the sober face under the old tarpaulin checked her. From Wordnik.com. [Judith Lynn A Story of the Sea] Reference
Bob nudged Mart and pointed to a tarpaulin under the stern. From Wordnik.com. [The Pirate Shark] Reference
They had a blanket apiece, and a tarpaulin to pull over them. From Wordnik.com. [Frontier Boys on the Coast or in the Pirate's Power] Reference
These I stowed away in the gig under the tarpaulin that covered it. From Wordnik.com. [The Enchanted Island] Reference
Tom stretched out on the cushioned seats, pulling a tarpaulin over him. From Wordnik.com. [Tom Swift and His Motor-Cycle, or, Fun and Adventures on the Road] Reference
We fastened a tarpaulin across the top of the well and made it our mess. From Wordnik.com. [Pushed and the Return Push] Reference
Tentatively, I rode it home, stashing it under a tarpaulin in the garage. From Wordnik.com. [LIGHT FINGERS] Reference
He unwrapped the tarpaulin and the sightless eyes stared accusingly up into his. From Wordnik.com. [Planet of the Damned] Reference
I spent the night in misery under my tarpaulin, almost eaten alive by the mosquitoes. From Wordnik.com. [Old Rail Fence Corners The A. B. C's. of Minnesota History] Reference
He put up his tools, spread a tarpaulin over the whole thing and came up on the porch. From Wordnik.com. [Bailey White: 'The Telephone Man'] Reference
When he saw she was resting easily, he dragged in the tarpaulin-wrapped body of the magter. From Wordnik.com. [Planet of the Damned] Reference
Each man, or boy, was provided with a canvas tarpaulin, which was all the protection needed. From Wordnik.com. [The Boy Ranchers or Solving the Mystery at Diamond X] Reference
It also happened that our main tarpaulin, which had been newly tarred, was put into the boat. From Wordnik.com. [Thrilling Narratives of Mutiny, Murder and Piracy A weird series of tales of shipwreck and disaster, from the earliest part of the century to the present time, with accounts of providential escapes and heart-rending fatalities.] Reference
If it rained they'd use a tarpaulin and dig a trench around to keep the water and insects away. From Wordnik.com. [An Indian Star's Kidnap Drama] Reference
For my journey down the river, I had brought with me a tarpaulin and a few of my worldly goods. From Wordnik.com. [Old Rail Fence Corners The A. B. C's. of Minnesota History] Reference
Some of the men are at work in the open air; all in tarpaulin hats, all in tarry canvas trowsers. From Wordnik.com. [Acadia or, A Month with the Blue Noses] Reference
I hailed the occupants through the tarpaulin, and on their invitation scrambled a passage inside. From Wordnik.com. [Pushed and the Return Push] Reference
"Yes, and what?" inquired Hiram, brushing the loose bits of shavings from his soaked tarpaulin coat. From Wordnik.com. [Dave Dashaway and His Hydroplane] Reference
Revolver's better than Sgt Pepper, chides Matt Emerson, a man with red tarpaulin looking for an angry bull. From Wordnik.com. [England v Pakistan – as it happened] Reference
He wears a red flannel shirt and tarpaulin hat; and possesses a bull-dog countenance expressive of the utmost ferocity. From Wordnik.com. [City Crimes or Life in New York and Boston] Reference
He carefully shifted his sleeping place, making a searching examination of the ground before spreading out his tarpaulin. From Wordnik.com. [The Boy Ranchers in Camp or The Water Fight at Diamond X] Reference
I had on a red shirt and a tarpaulin hat, and a black cravat tied in sailor fashion carelessly and loosely about my neck. From Wordnik.com. [Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, 1995, Memorial Issue] Reference
Then UNHCR will give you tarpaulin, you know, then after … CONAN: You're talking about two U.N. agencies, UNHCR and UNICEF. From Wordnik.com. [Refugee All Stars Return Home] Reference
He roped the tarpaulin on the back of the mustang, and, making a small bundle of his few supplies, he tied that to the tarpaulin. From Wordnik.com. [The Boy Scouts Book of Campfire Stories] Reference
The perishable goods were placed in the large warehouses but the unperishable were covered with tarpaulin and left where unloaded. From Wordnik.com. [Dangers of the Trail in 1865 A Narrative of Actual Events] Reference
On raising a corner of a tarpaulin which covered the nearest I recognised the familiar wicker crates, which contained something heavy. From Wordnik.com. ['Brother Bosch', an Airman's Escape from Germany] Reference
In the front line itself there was often no better shelter than an old tarpaulin or sheet of corrugated iron stretched across the trench. From Wordnik.com. [The Story of the 2/4th Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry] Reference
There — it seemed always to be in the 1970s — they stood humiliated behind wind drifts of plastic grocery bags and pieces of tarpaulin. From Wordnik.com. [At the End of a Day] Reference
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