umbrella cover

See also: umbrella-cover

English

Alternative forms

• umbrella-cover

Noun

Designs for several elaborate umbrella covers (sense 1).

umbrella cover (plural umbrella covers)

1. (now rare) The waterproof material that forms the protective upperpart of an umbrella (separate from the stick and ribs).
   • 1894, Scientific American‎^[1]:

     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 […]

   • 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, column 2:

     Her dress was as plain as an umbrella-cover, and she turned round without a word and preceded me into a waiting-room.

   • 1916, Ring W. Lardner, “Three Kings and a Pair”, in The Saturday Evening Post‎^[2]:

     A umbrella cover would of made him a year's pyjamas.

   • 1928, A Text-book of Orthopedic Surgery for Nurses‎^[3]:

     Tendon sheaths are the smooth coverings of tendons analogous to an umbrella cover.

2. A protective sheath used to contain a folded-up umbrella when not in use.

Further reading

• Umbrella Cover Museum on Wikipedia.Wikipedia