ground-sheet

Smith folded the message, tucked it in a pocket, rose, took the radio and a rubber ground-sheet to protect it from the snow.

Where Eagles Dare MacLean, Alistair, 1922- 1967

Two hundred yards from the tent, after having stopped twice and changed direction twice, Smith knelt with his back -- and the rubber ground-sheet -- to the drifting snow.

Where Eagles Dare MacLean, Alistair, 1922- 1967

There were no sleeping-bags in the tent, merely old, worn rugs spread over a ground-sheet.

The Mystery of the Vanished Prince Blyton, Enid, 1898?-1968 1966

Jenny rushed out of the kitchen with loud screams of fright, and the Professor bellowed in anger as he took a ground-sheet off his head, and a tent-pole off his back.

Five Are Together Again Blyton, Enid, 1898?-1968 1966

At about eleven o'clock, an orderly came along the field with a mackintosh ground-sheet over his head, and told me the Colonel wished to see me.

Bullets & Billets Bruce Bairnsfather

Towards morning the rain became heavier, so I took up my bed -- _i. e._, my greatcoat and ground-sheet -- and, finding four free square feet in the

Adventures of a Despatch Rider William Henry Lowe Watson

"Are you there, Morgan?" he shouted, pulling open a waterproof ground-sheet that was fastened over a hole in the ground.

Pushed and the Return Push George Herbert Fosdike Nichols

An unfortunate bump dispersed my blankets and my ground-sheet in the mud.

Adventures of a Despatch Rider William Henry Lowe Watson

He had already packed all his stores under the shelter of the wigwam and the canoe, covering the latter with the ground-sheet.

Kiddie the Scout Robert Leighton

A "sissy" came down the steps of the dug-out, mopping his forehead with a handkerchief; -- fancy any one carrying a handkerchief in the front line; one had essentials enough to carry without being burdened with such a feminine article; -- another of the boys was sitting writing a letter with his ground-sheet under him in the mud.

Through St. Dunstan's to Light James H. Rawlinson