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tarpaulin |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Tarpaulin \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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: tarpaulin n : waterproofed canvas [syn: {tarp}]
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