单词 | tar-paper |
释义 | > as lemmastar-paper tar-paper n. chiefly North American paper saturated with tar; often used as a building material; frequently attributive. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > material for making paper > paper > [noun] > coated papers porcelain paper1829 wax-paper1844 silver paper1875 lead-paper1890 tar-paper1891 baryta paper1900 coated paper1902 flint paper1916 everdamp1922 silver-foil1944 society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > processed resinous materials > [noun] > tar > tar-paper tar-paper1891 1891 H. Campbell Darkness & Daylight xxxi. 611 If he ventures to charge more, except for a dress..or for tar-paper..he is liable to lose the license. 1907 Putnam's Monthly July 482/1 A whole house covered with tar paper and studded with brass tacks sat complacently upon a hay wagon. 1919 S. Lewis Free Air 122 Then a lonely, tight-haired woman in the doorway of a tar-paper shack waved to her. 1966 D. F. Galouye Lost Perception ix. 89 The plane..taxied up to a frame building with a tarpaper roof. 1978 R. Ludlum Holcroft Covenant xxxii. 370 The tar paper..bulged slightly next to the wall. < as lemmas |
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