Wildly colorful floral oilcloths are the brightest reminders of Mexican folk art. ❋ Unknown (2008)
They managed to open the panel in the wall behind which I used to keep the guns I had retained, despite the suspension of my permit, but I had sealed them in oilcloths and plastic and dropped them in a marsh pond at the back of my property, anchored by a rope to a rock on the bank, so all they found was dust. ❋ John Connolly (2007)
We landed with no trouble at all, and shifted the few boxes wrapped in oilcloths we carried onto the beach. ❋ The Wandering Author (2007)
The gunnysacks and burlap bags were filled with meat wrapped in oilcloths they'd brought. ❋ Simmons, Dan (2007)
More, Caudell among them, lay down on their oilcloths, spread their blankets over themselves, and slept under the stars, with hats for pillows. ❋ Turtledove, Harry (1960)
Along the road loose horses roamed at will, while the sides of the pike were strewn with discarded blankets, tent flies, oilcloths and clothing, the men being forced to free themselves of all surplus incumbrances in order to keep up with the moving mass. ❋ D. Augustus Dickert (N/A)
Some of our soldiers visited the battlefield that night and next day, and brought in many trophies and mementoes of the day's fight, such as blankets, oilcloths, canteens, guns, etc. ❋ D. Augustus Dickert (N/A)
We had only the clothes we stood in, and no bed-clothing but the camels 'pads and two oilcloths. ❋ Gwendolen H. [Compiler] Swinburne (N/A)
Blankets rolled up, oilcloths, overcoats, tents, all of the very best material, piled up by the hundreds and thousands. ❋ D. Augustus Dickert (N/A)
We are now in a bad plight for cooking utensils; spiders are scarce, also frying pans; hardly a boiler and all the pans to make the bread in are gone; we make the bread in the spiders and frying pans, oilcloths, and during the time of year that the bark of the trees would slip we get an excellent tray by peeling the bark from ❋ John H Worsham (1912)
Regt. in a large wood, where gathering the fresh fallen leaves into large piles, placing our oilcloths on them and laying down, covering with our blankets, we enjoyed the bed as much as any we ever slept on. ❋ John H Worsham (1912)
We were called to attention, the men taking down their blankets and oilcloths, and rolling them up to take with them. ❋ John H Worsham (1912)
We thought we were to be spectators, and why just as things had began to get interesting in front, break in upon us and actually make some of us leave our blankets and oilcloths, articles we had captured in some former battle. ❋ John H Worsham (1912)
The men took off blankets, oilcloths, etc., and stretched them in fence corners, on muskets and rails, to make a shelter from the sun. ❋ John H Worsham (1912)
Seventeenth Georgia was my companion, and we crossed the Yadkin, the Congaree and the Catawaba, tramping till nightfall, resting on oilcloths captured ❋ Unknown (1912)
Some nights we would spread our tent on the snow, put our oilcloths on that, and a blanket on that, then the party would lie down, a comrade cover them up with the remaining blankets, and then throw the sides of the tent over that, leaving nothing but the head out; he would then crawl from the bottom into his place. ❋ John H Worsham (1912)
We rested at this camp and made ourselves as comfortable as we could in shelter of brush, oilcloths, etc. ❋ John H Worsham (1912)
