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tar⋅pau⋅lin
[tahr-paw-lin, tahr-puh-lin] 
lɪn
–noun
| 1. | a protective covering of canvas or other material waterproofed with tar, paint, or wax. |
| 2. | a hat, esp. a sailor's, made of or covered with such material. |
| 3. | Rare. a sailor. |
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| tar·pau·lin (tär-pô'lĭn, tär'pə-) n.
[Probably alteration of tar1 + pall1 + -ing2.] |
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Tarpaulin
Tar*pau"lin\, n. [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.
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Language Translation for : tarpaulin
Spanish:
lona (alquitranada),
German:
der Persenning, die Plaue,
Japanese:
防水布
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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