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drop cloth

NOUN
protective cloth
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To make custom curtains similar to those she spotted at Anthropologie, she dyed a 6-by-9-foot canvas drop cloth from Harbor Freight, which cost $6.99.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 4, 2024

Use a drop cloth to protect furniture and any areas you’re not painting, suggested Sarah Fishburne, Home Depot’s director of trend and design, in an email.

From Washington Post • Jun. 30, 2022

Warning: This is a messy job best done over a drop cloth or on a floor you don’t mind getting very dirty.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 3, 2022

The bags contained a cover for a bow saw, a receipt from a local hardware store, a drop cloth and a newspaper with the delivery address of an apartment house in Galveston.

From New York Times • Mar. 3, 2020

He walked in, straightened the drop cloth in the front hall, and made his way to the back of the house.

From "Zeitoun" by Dave Eggers