lay a patch

I wanted to grab the wheel and lay a patch.

Then Ace gave a shout, for down a hollow between two ridges to the north lay a patch of snow.

Soundness in painting consists in being able to lay a patch of color having exactly the right shape and tint.

Fleeting as it had been it showed me that between us lay a patch of saw-palmetto, and this was awkward as I could get no idea of its depth.

No glacier was visible now, however—only, on the rocky summit lay a patch or two of the last winter’s snow-drift, which was too deep for the summer sun to melt away.