tarpaulin

A spare bedroom acts as a medical supply cupboard, outside is a bed under a red stretched tarpaulin.

From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2026

Many face poor living conditions in Bangladesh, living in makeshift homes of tarpaulin and bamboo on steep hillsides.

From BBC ● Jul. 8, 2026

Technicians from the charity set up a mobile camp under a tarpaulin, offering shade from the blazing sun, while providing eye examinations, vision tests, and the selection and fitting of glasses.

From Barron's ● May 27, 2026

A tarpaulin covered the court to make sure people couldn’t observe his lengthy matches.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 13, 2026

Inside the cave the dead man was still looking placidly up at him, but the tarpaulin and the gold were gone.

From "Song of Solomon" by Toni Morrison

Doctors and forensic experts in the port examined bodies under tarpaulins held up by four poles before issuing death certificates and cremation authorizations.

From Barron's ● Jun. 29, 2026

Across the nation families and friends rolled out blankets and tarpaulins at parks, temples and even cemeteries over the weekend to eat and drink under cherry trees for traditional "hanami" or flower viewing gatherings.

From Barron's ● Mar. 30, 2026

The UN says a total of 67,800 tents, 372,500 tarpaulins and 318,100 bedding items have been collected from crossings over the same period.

From BBC ● Dec. 17, 2025

At another settlement, the U.N. refugee agency has run out of blankets, tarpaulins and sleeping mats, forcing refugees to sleep in the open.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 30, 2025

There were jeeps and larger trucks with tarpaulins.

From "Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High" by Melba Pattillo Beals