Synonyms for oilcloth

Grammar : Noun

Spell : oil-klawth, -kloth

Phonetic Transcription : ˈɔɪlˌklɔθ, -ˌklɒθ

Définition of oilcloth

Origin : 1690s, "cotton or a similar fabric waterproofed with oil," from oil (n.) + cloth. In reference to an oil-treated canvas used as a cheap floor covering, 1796.

As in tarpaulin : noun covering

Example sentences :

Then, when the oilcloth cover had been wiped, the lesson began on a corner of the table.
Extract from : « The Fat and the Thin » by Emile Zola

And he gazed at the oilcloth table cover as if he had been listening.
Extract from : « Therese Raquin » by Emile Zola

Then a man ran out of the draper's with a roll of oilcloth, and off they went again.
Extract from : « Howards End » by E. M. Forster

You might as well try to dry yourself on the glossy side of a piece of oilcloth.
Extract from : « Common Science » by Carleton W. Washburne

Robert took from next the skin a package wrapped in oilcloth.
Extract from : « The Pirate of Panama » by William MacLeod Raine

The floor about the bed is protected by newspapers or oilcloth.
Extract from : « The Mother and Her Child » by William S. Sadler

So much of it has gone in that oilcloth business, and all for nothing!
Extract from : « Miss Mackenzie » by Anthony Trollope

On Tuesday, November 5, we started, each of us being clad in oilcloth.
Extract from : « Fragments of science, V. 1-2 » by John Tyndall

He sat in the corner on a lounge, which was covered with oilcloth—and waited.
Extract from : « Foma Gordyeff » by Maxim Gorky

That done, we covered them with the oilcloth, and sat down comfortably by the fire.
Extract from : « Eben Holden » by Irving Bacheller

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