tarpaper
[ tahr-pey-per ]
noun
a heavy, tar-coated paper used as a waterproofing material in building construction.
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How to use tarpaper in a sentence
From a second-story window of a rooming house covered with red brick-patterned tarpaper comes the sound of a blues harmonica.
Stanley Booth on the Life and Hard Times of Blues Genius Furry Lewis | Stanley Booth | June 7, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe roof will be of two thicknesses of boards, bent to a gentle oval over a stout ridge-pole, and again with tarpaper between.
Neighbours | Robert SteadOutside, the rain fell in great silvery sheets, so that the noise on the tarpaper roof of the barracks was almost deafening.
Three Soldiers | John Dos PassosThe walls will be of shiplap, covered with matched siding, with tarpaper between.
Neighbours | Robert Stead
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