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TARPAULIN
tarpaulin, tarp
(noun) waterproofed canvas
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
tarpaulin (countable and uncountable, plural tarpaulins)
(countable) A tarp, a heavy, waterproof sheet of material, often cloth, used as a cover or blanket.
(countable, slang, archaic) A sailor (often abbreviated to tar)
(uncountable, obsolete) Any heavy, waterproof material used as a cover.
(uncountable, nautical, obsolete) Canvas waterproofed with tar, used as a cover.
A hat made of, or covered with, painted or tarred cloth, worn by sailors and others.
Usage notes
• In the US, tarp has been more common than tarpaulin in print since about 1990. In speech since at least 1970.
Anagrams
• unpartial
Source: Wiktionary
Tar*pau"lin, n. Etym: [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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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