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A heavy paper impregnated with tar and used as part of a roof for waterproofing.
tar paper
1
A cover of
roofing
paper
is added and the earth then replaced.
2
Over it, before replacing the dirt, goes another piece of
roofing
paper
.
3
When it is well under way, toss on some scraps of
roofing
paper
.
4
The crude paper is the foundation of the
roofing
paper
.
5
The building was covered with black
roofing
paper
,
and was also painted black inside.
6
The addition of natural asphaltum doubtless caused the name of "asphaltum
roofing
paper
.
"
7
On this is placed a layer of
roofing
paper
and over it the ordinary siding.
8
The next act showed a hastily constructed house made of a clothes-horse and heavy
roofing
paper
.
9
There are three different sorts of
roofing
paper
,
according to the impregnating fluid used in its manufacture.
10
Usually the roof and possibly one or two of the sides will be covered with prosaic
roofing
paper
.
11
The careful cleansing of the cut rags, necessary for the manufacture of paper, is not required for
roofing
paper
.
12
The
roofing
paper
remained unchanged.
13
Unmatched boards with battens nailed over the cracks or a layer of lightweight
roofing
paper
over all are equally good.
14
A quickly made and sanitary drinking trough for chickens is formed of a piece of ordinary two or three-ply
roofing
paper
.
15
A factory which distilled a good standard tar for
roofing
paper
recovered, besides benzole and naphtha, also about ten per cent.
16
The
roofing
paper
prepared with distilled tar is perhaps most suitably called asphaltum paper, as this has been used in its manufacture.