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umbrella cover

umbrella cover noun: the waterproof material that forms the protective upperpart of an umbrella (separate from the stick and ribs).

umbrella cover: the waterproof material that forms the protective upperpart of an umbrella (separate from the stick...
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Noun

umbrella cover (plural umbrella covers)

  1. (archaic) The waterproof material that forms the protective upperpart of an umbrella (separate from the stick and ribs).
    • On coming to himself after the shock he found the umbrella cover completely burnt off its steel framework, the steel itself being twisted into every sort of shape. The wooden handle had no doubt saved his life[…]1894, Scientific American
    • Her dress was as plain as an umbrella-cover, and she turned round without a word and preceded me into a waiting-room.1899 February, Joseph Conrad, “The Heart of Darkness”, in Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine, volume CLXV, number M, New York, N.Y.: The Leonard Scott Publishing Company, […], →OCLC, part I, page 199...
  2. A protective sheath used to contain a folded-up umbrella when not in use.

Examples of umbrella cover in a sentence

  • A^([sic]) umbrella cover would of made him a year's pyjamas.1916, Ring W. Lardner, “Three Kings and a Pair”, in The Saturday Evening Post:
  • Tendon sheaths are the smooth coverings of tendons analogous to an umbrella cover.1928, A Text-book of Orthopedic Surgery for Nurses:

Forms of umbrella cover

pluralumbrella covers
alternative formumbrella-cover

Questions about umbrella cover

What does umbrella cover mean?
Umbrella cover means the waterproof material that forms the protective upperpart of an umbrella (separate from the stick and ribs).
How do you use umbrella cover in a sentence?
A^([sic]) umbrella cover would of made him a year's pyjamas.
What part of speech is umbrella cover?
Umbrella cover is a noun.
What is the plural of umbrella cover?
The plural of umbrella cover is umbrella covers.

Words near umbrella cover in the dictionary

  1. umbrella bird
  2. umbrella birds
  3. umbrella cockatoo
  4. umbrella companies
  5. umbrella company
  6. umbrella cover
  7. umbrella covers
  8. umbrella crab
  9. umbrella fern
  10. umbrella ferns
  11. umbrella fund

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