tanbark
/tan-bahrk/US // ˈtænˌbɑrk //UK // (ˈtænˌbɑːk) //
棕树皮,树皮,黄皮,黄皮树
Definitions
- 1
- : the bark of the oak, hemlock, etc., bruised and broken by a mill and used especially in tanning hides.
- : a surface covered with pieces of tanbark, especially a circus ring.
Examples
He said he was a good horseback rider, and there was pieces of tanbark hanging on his clothes yet from his riding school.
The dismantled church was transformed into a riding-ring, with tanbark on the floor, and a leaping-bar.
Tanbark and sawdust are the agents used to build a special walking track, and the latter is far the most common.
Before them a wide sweep of lawn led up to a formal dark faade; a tanbark path was washed, the grass ragged and uncut.
But they must have smelt fodder over there somewhere, and they broke for it like the devil beatin' tanbark.
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