Victoria rummages through her bag and finds her brolly and her medicines.

Also, it's Ireland in April so bring a brolly, a jumper and a hat.

He slid the brolly into a sheath built into the chassis of the bike.

I may even splash out on a Marry Poppins brolly.

For years women in motor racing were just "brolly dollies" or mascots.

A "gamp" became a slang word for umbrella in the 19th century.

You kicked yourself because you hadn't taken your mother's advice and brought a gamp.

All things are much as you left them, except that what regards gamp is a good deal better.

Your gamp was someone else's.

It is a goot blace for a gamp, Leftenant, und we shall pe all right in a tay or two.

The French name parapluie tells the truth of umbrella use in a northern climate.

Isn't that Emmeline Fox, trotting along under a parapluie?

There are, indeed, many French suggestions in Cologne, and in the shops they still sometimes call an umbrella a parapluie.

A laugh went off in his throat like a rat-bomb, sending the last of the guests scurrying for their bumbershoots.

Legendary blues guitarist Bo Diddley performs at the 35th annual Bumbershoot Seattle Arts Festival in Seattle September 4, 2005.