burlap

It took him a full day to broadcast the seed into the furrows, after which he folded away the burlap, barely noticing a stencilled word indicating where it had come from: Odessa.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 17, 2025

Hattie has all the affection you’d expect from a grandmother, but her presence brings a singular comfort to “Nickel Boys,” like a soft blanket being draped across a burlap bed.

From Salon ● Dec. 13, 2024

After the fossil hunters had recorded as much data as they could about where Apex was found, its bones were taped up in protective “jackets” made of plaster and burlap and lifted onto a trailer.

From BBC ● May 30, 2024

“Provocations, restrictions,” Abu Awad said, recounting the incident as he spread tarps and burlap sacks under his olive trees.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 28, 2024

Every three days, he went into town to buy a large block of ice, which he wrapped in burlap and placed inside a hole he dug in the ground by the entrance to our tent.

From "The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child" by Francisco Jiménez

It was burlapped at purchase, which of course we removed before planting.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 14, 2022

All about him, burlapped cuttings rest like tablets brought down from Mount Sinai.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 17, 2018

The pay safes had been boxed up and burlapped, giving the appearance of ordinary freight.

From Ralph, the Train Dispatcher The Mystery of the Pay Car by Allen Chapman

So, throughout the days of the journey, the man gazed with avarice upon the piles of burlapped pieces, while his brain devised the scheme.

From The Gun-Brand by James B. (James Beardsley) Hendryx

And, as Ratty had said, the chest, burlapped, corded, and tagged, stood in the main hall of the ranch-house, ready for removal.

From Frances of the Ranges The Old Ranchman's Treasure by Amy Bell Marlowe