tarp
Origin of tarp
Related Words for tarp
tarpaulin, tarp, lid, canvas, sheet, mask, screen, cap, envelope, roof, jacket, front, umbrella, dress, top, tent, fly, shade, duck, sailclothExamples from the Web for tarp
Contemporary Examples of tarp
Instagram photos from that day show Finney and his crew setting up under a tarp outside.
FinnaRage Wants You to Rage at Its Parties. So What if It Ends Up a Riot?Melanie Plenda
October 27, 2014
Just behind them, a tarp was pulled across a now flooded ditch.
The school is nothing more than a circle of rocks and stones and a tarp placed on the ground on which the students sit.
Yes, the TARP funds have largely been paid back, and many of the emergency insurance and guarantee efforts have ended.
The report also criticized the lack of transparency surrounding the TARP.
Historical Examples of tarp
The tarp is simple and cheap and is easily accommodated to circumstances.
Pluck on the Long TrailEdwin L. Sabin
I remained under the tarp, and as Creed was going my way I let him do the driving.
The PromiseJames B. Hendryx
The Friars tarp was next to mine, an I raised myself on my elbow an looked at it.
Friar TuckRobert Alexander Wason
After a time the Friar did go to bed in Horaces tarp in the corner.
Friar TuckRobert Alexander Wason
He struggled a while, not in hope, merely in refusal to surrender, and dislodged the tarp.
Wilderness of SpringEdgar Pangborn
tarp
- US, Australian and NZ an informal word for tarpaulin
TARP
- Troubled Assets Relief Program: a fund providing money to increase the liquidity of financial institutions
Word Origin and History for tarp
1906, American English, informal shortening of tarpaulin.