drop cloth
or drop·cloth
noun
a sheet of cloth, paper, plastic, or the like laid over furniture and floors for protection while a room is being painted or laid over shrubbery while the exterior of a house is being painted.
Words nearby drop cloth
drop biscuit, drop black, drop box, drop by, drop cannon, drop cloth, drop cookie, drop curtain, drop dead, drop elbow, drop foot
Origin of drop cloth
First recorded in 1925–30
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