Tarpaulin

Definitions

1. A tarp, a heavy, waterproof sheet of material, often cloth, used as a cover or blanket.
   countable
2. A sailor.
   archaic, countable, slang
3. Any heavy, waterproof material used as a cover.
   obsolete, uncountable
4. Canvas waterproofed with tar, used as a cover.
   obsolete, uncountable
5. A hat made of, or covered with, painted or tarred cloth, worn by sailors and others.
   countable, uncountable

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Examples

“Throw⟳ a tarpaulin over that woodpile before it gets wet⟳.”

“There were sailors asleep in the fantastic fashion of the British tarpaulin — snoring heavily as they lay⟳ on the bare deck, despite the din about them.”

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