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(Australia, Britain, New Zealand) A very thin, pliable, easily torn sheet of aluminium used for cooking, packaging, cosmetics, and insulation.
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(hydrology, uncountable) The naturally occurring surface of pebbles, rocks or boulders that line the bed of a waterway or beach and provide protection against erosion.
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To cover or line with baize.
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A tarpaulin or plastic waterproof sheet.
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Alternative form of bottle top [a bottle cap]
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Alternative form of brattice (“structure for attack or defence”) [(mining) A wooden partition in a coal mine.]
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(construction) A sheet, often granule-surfaced, used as the top ply of some roof membranes and/or flashings.
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To incite or attract (a bull) to charge a certain direction, by waving a cape.
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(obsolete) wattles or hurdles made with stakes interwoven with osiers, to cover lodgments
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construction work made of logs, etc., laid horizontally, with the ends dovetailed together at the corners, and in marine work often surrounding a central space filled with stones
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A type of bottle cap made by pressing a circular piece of metal around the top of the bottle.
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The space between two pillows.
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A large piece of plastic or canvas put over something to protect it from construction debris or paint.
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Alternative form of flysheet [An extra cover of a tent to protect against insects and bad weather.]
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Another word for groundsheet.
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A sheet of waterproof material that is spread on the ground, often beneath a tent, and upon which a person may sit or sleep.
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(medicine) An apparatus to support the trunk and head in cases of spinal disease.
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A flat piece of coarse material used for wiping one’s feet, or as a decorative or protective floor covering.
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(historical) A process similar to wattle and daub, once common in Lincolnshire, involving a simple frame of upright studs joined by cross rails at the tops and bottoms, then having thin staves of ash attached, and daubed with a mixture of mud, straw, hair and dung.
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(US, nautical) A tarpaulin.
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Synonym of picnic blanket
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(informal) A tarpaulin made from woven polyethylene.
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a large sheet, generally of tough flexible polythene, used to line the bottom and sloping sides of an artificial pond.
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A thatched frame covering blocks or tiles of dried china clay, to protect them from the rain while permitting free ventilation.
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(transitive) To provide (a road, etc.) with a new coating of tar.
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(architecture) A long, narrow, usually arched member projecting from the surface of a structure, especially such a member separating the webs of a vault
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A sheet of card, covered with sand, used in the base of a birdcage
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The roof of a sukkah, made up of leaves or branches.
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(obsolete) Something that separates; a hedge; a fence.
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cloth used to construct a sunshade
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Alternative letter-case form of Tampongate. [Synonym of Camillagate (“1990s scandal”).]
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Alternative spelling of tarpaper [A heavy paper, coated with tar, used to waterproof walls and roofs.]
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Alternative form of tar boil [(roofing) A small bubble or blister in the flood coat of an aggregate-surfaced built-up membrane]
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A heavy paper, coated with tar, used to waterproof walls and roofs.
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(countable) A tarp, a heavy, waterproof sheet of material, often cloth, used as a cover or blanket.
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(computing) To delay by means of a tarpit service.
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Obsolete form of tercel.
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To cover a roof with thack.
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A lid, cap or cover of a container.
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Obsolete form of tarpaulin. [(countable) A tarp, a heavy, waterproof sheet of material, often cloth, used as a cover or blanket.]
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A single twig or rod laid on a roof to support the thatch.
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Constructions made from woven branches and twigs.
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