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Meanings of roofing paper in inglés

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

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Examples for "tar paper"
Examples for "tar paper"
1
He had built the shed well and lined it with tar paper.
Treasure and Trouble Therewith: A Tale of California
2
The whole house was covered on the outside with tar paper.
Land of the Burnt Thigh
3
We got along fairly well unless the wind blew the tar paper off.
Land of the Burnt Thigh
4
The ordinary tar paper is that saturated with clear cold tar.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 821, September 26, 1891
5
They are floored with wooden slats and roofed with tar paper.
Dear Enemy
Usage of roofing paper in inglés
1
A cover of roofing paper is added and the earth then replaced.
If You're Going to Live in the Country
2
Over it, before replacing the dirt, goes another piece of roofing paper.
If You're Going to Live in the Country
3
When it is well under way, toss on some scraps of roofing paper.
If You're Going to Live in the Country
4
The crude paper is the foundation of the roofing paper.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 821, September 26, 1891
5
The building was covered with black roofing paper, and was also painted black inside.
Edison: His Life and Inventions
6
The addition of natural asphaltum doubtless caused the name of "asphaltum roofing paper."
Scientific American Supplement, No. 821, September 26, 1891
7
On this is placed a layer of roofing paper and over it the ordinary siding.
The Dollar Hen
8
The next act showed a hastily constructed house made of a clothes-horse and heavy roofing paper.
The Little Colonel's House Party
9
There are three different sorts of roofing paper, according to the impregnating fluid used in its manufacture.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 821, September 26, 1891
10
Usually the roof and possibly one or two of the sides will be covered with prosaic roofing paper.
If You're Going to Live in the Country
11
The careful cleansing of the cut rags, necessary for the manufacture of paper, is not required for roofing paper.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 821, September 26, 1891
12
The roofing paper remained unchanged.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 821, September 26, 1891
13
Unmatched boards with battens nailed over the cracks or a layer of lightweight roofing paper over all are equally good.
Pratt's Practical Pointers on the Care of Livestock and Poultry
14
A quickly made and sanitary drinking trough for chickens is formed of a piece of ordinary two or three-ply roofing paper.
The Boy Mechanic, Volume 1: 700 Things for Boys to Do
15
A factory which distilled a good standard tar for roofing paper recovered, besides benzole and naphtha, also about ten per cent.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 821, September 26, 1891
16
The roofing paper prepared with distilled tar is perhaps most suitably called asphaltum paper, as this has been used in its manufacture.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 821, September 26, 1891