TARPAULINS

Noun

tarpaulins

plural of tarpaulin

Source: Wiktionary


TARPAULIN

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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