In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
tarpaulin, tarp
(noun) waterproofed canvas
Source: WordNet® 3.1
tarp (plural tarps)
A tarpaulin.
• The short form might be perceived as informal, but in North American English it has replaced tarpaulin in most situations.
tarp (third-person singular simple present tarps, present participle tarping, simple past and past participle tarped)
To cover something with a tarpaulin.
• TRAP, part, part., patr-, prat, rapt, rtPA, trap
Source: Wiktionary
11 June 2025
(adjective) having relatively few calories; “diet cola”; “light (or lite) beer”; “lite (or light) mayonnaise”; “a low-cal diet”
In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.