Definition of Tar paper

1. Noun. A heavy paper impregnated with tar and used as part of a roof for waterproofing.

Exact synonyms: Roofing Paper
Generic synonyms: Paper, Roofing Material

Definition of Tar paper

1. Noun. (alternative spelling of tarpaper) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Tar Paper

taquitos
taqwa
taqwacore
tar
tar-and-feather
tar-boil
tar-brush
tar-brushes
tar-water
tar-wood
tar acne
tar and feather
tar boil
tar camphor
tar paper (current term)
tar papers
tar pit
tar sand
tar sands
tar with the same brush
tara
tara vine
tarabish
taradiddle
taradiddles
tarahumara frog
tarakihi

Literary usage of Tar paper

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1888)
"After completing one block, ii, I place the tar-paper b along the edge where the next block is to be formed, and I put the plastic composition for such next ..."

2. Supreme Court Reporter by Robert Desty, United States Supreme Court, West Publishing Company (1887)
"paper, or other suitable material, in the following manner: After completing one block, a, I place the tar-paper, 6, along the edge where the next block is ..."

3. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Circuit Court of the United by Samuel Blatchford (1879)
"[In such cases, however, where cheapness is an object, the tar paper may be omitted, ... The arrangement of tar paper, or its equivalent, between adjoining ..."

4. Fire Insurance Inspection & Underwriting by Charles Carroll Dominge, W. O. Lincoln (1920)
"tar paper while cooling after being made, sometimes takes fire spontaneously ... tar paper MANUFACTURING—Coating is a heavy coal tar oil containing impure ..."

5. Decisions on the Law of Patents for Inventions Rendered by [English Courts by United States Supreme Court, Benjamin Vaughan Abbott, Woodbury Lowery (1892)
"In this manner I proceed in making all the blocks until the pavement is completed, interposing tar-paper between their several joints as described. ..."

6. The Economics of Contracting: A Treatise for Contractors, Engineers by Daniel Jacob Hauer (1911)
"tar paper for covering the sides of the buildings need only be 2-ply; ... If the shacks are built in the fall of the year, tar paper roofs without being ..."

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