About The Word Tarpaulin
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Tarpaulin
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What's The Definition Of Tarpaulin?
[n] waterproofed canvas
Synonyms | Synonyms for Tarpaulin: tarp Related Terms | Find terms related to Tarpaulin: Tarpaulin In Webster's Dictionary \Tar*pau"lin\, n. [Tar + palling a covering, pall to
cover. See {Pall} a covering.]
1. A piece of canvas covered with tar or a waterproof
composition, used for covering the hatches of a ship,
hammocks, boats, etc.
2. A hat made of, or covered with, painted or tarred cloth,
worn by sailors and others.
3. Hence, a sailor; a seaman; a tar.
To a landsman, these tarpaulins, as they were
called, seemed a strange and half-savage race.
--Macaulay.
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