drop cloth

or drop·cloth

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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.

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Origin of drop cloth

First recorded in 1925–30

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
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Words related to drop cloth

tarpaulin, groundsheet, tarp