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View synonyms for drop cloth
drop cloth
or dropcloth
noun
- 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.
From Popular-Science
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.
From The Daily Beast
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