tanbark
American-
the bark of the oak, hemlock, etc., bruised and broken by a mill and used especially in tanning hides.
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a surface covered with pieces of tanbark, especially a circus ring.
noun
Etymology
Origin of tanbark
Example Sentences
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Pity’s talent, which she seems to make up on the spot, is being able to eat anything, which she proves by picking up a handful of tanbark bits and swallowing them, splinters and all.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 7, 2022
It's sunny and earthbound at once, with scents of wild raspberries and tanbark, with an earthy bottom note — that's the Carignane, announcing itself.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 15, 2017
Ten-ton tanks, scout cars and motorcycles rumbled over the tanbark in Manhattan's Madison Square Garden last week.
From Time Magazine Archive
The Row, a straight mile of tanbark along the southern edge of Hyde Park, is as sacred to British horsemen as Shakespeare's tomb is to poets, Westminster to statesmen.
From Time Magazine Archive
I am amused at the merchants, who give their goods for poles, tar and tanbark, and then run cooper-shops in connection with their dry goods and bacon.
From The Story of a Life by Ellis, J. Breckenridge (John Breckenridge)
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