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View synonyms for drop cloth

drop cloth

or dropcloth

noun

  1. a sheet of cloth, paper, plastic, or the like laid over furniture and floors for protection while a room is being painted or laid over shrubbery while the exterior of a house is being painted.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of drop cloth1

First recorded in 1925–30
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Example Sentences

As I mentioned, a space blanket even makes a clean drop cloth for field dressing game.

For the moment it’s just a big glass room filled with wicker furniture covered in drop cloths, empty stone planters, and flagstone pathways.

I stood in front of a black drop cloth in an old factory building in Brooklyn.

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