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tarp

[tahrp] / tɑrp /


NOUN
drop cloth
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A white tarp covered what looked like a body lying on the ground near the vehicles.

From Los Angeles Times

Batting practice was rained out and the tarp covered the infield.

From Washington Times

On the other side of the covered batting cages, a group of kids similar in age, jostled to peer through an inch-wide space in the tarps covering the fences, trying to see him.

From Seattle Times

Rodriguez grabbed his snorkel gear and a tarp and jumped into the water to see whether he could plug the holes, but it was futile.

From Washington Post

At precisely midnight, two officers pulled a black tarp and plastic sheet off a newly erected sign at what has been the most famous unofficial border crossing in Canada, Roxham Road.

From New York Times