# abumbrellar

CEFR C2 · Verb

Source: https://englishreference.com/word/abumbrellar
Updated: 2026-05-18

## Definition

to cover or protect something with a large umbrella. This is an old-fashioned word that you will almost never see in modern books.

For teachers: to cover or protect with an umbrella.

## Examples

- He abumbrellar himself from the rain.
- The sailors abumbrellar the deck with large canvas to keep the storm water off the cargo.
- While the term is largely obsolete in standard English, it appears in several 18th-century maritime logs describing the crew's efforts to abumbrellar the ship's rigging during a sudden squall.

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