Tarpaulin
[tɑː'pɔːlɪn]
Definition
(n.) A piece of canvas covered with tar or a waterproof composition, used for covering the hatches of a ship, hammocks, boats, etc.
(n.) A hat made of, or covered with, painted or tarred cloth, worn by sailors and others.
(n.) Hence, a sailor; a seaman; a tar.
Editor: Winthrop
Definition
n. strong linen or hempen cloth coated with tar or pitch to render it waterproof: a sailor's wide-brimmed storm-hat: (coll.) a sailor.—Also Tarpau′ling.
Typist: Randall
Examples
- He pulled back the tarpaulin and showed the saddles. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- It was protected from the weather by an ingenious little tarpaulin contrivance in the nature of an umbrella. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- But this tarpaulin chap, he takes hold of her hand, and he cries out to me, joyful, “Look here! Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- The dead were wrapped in tarpaulins and lashed on deck to be identified by their comrades before being consigned to the deep. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
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