The great iron railing which surrounds the rock was ornamented in one place with a thousand rags tied to its open work.

McCoy was nursing his bit hand with a rag tied round it.

Naked, except for some rags tied about her waist, she was a walking skeleton.

If downpipes get blocked you could try pushing down a pole with a rag tied to the end.

She was miserable from the stickiness and chafing of the rags tied beneath her dress.

The chain had rags tied to it at intervals which when pulled up through the pipes lifted the water out of the mine.

A sergeant with a bloody rag tied about his head shouldered his way to the coach.

She had a rag tied about her finger, and although she claimed to have cut herself, he pulled it off and found the ring.

The hoop above the mounting block was used to light the way of the coaches by burning rags tied round it.

One of the riders was waving a short stick with a white rag tied to it.