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countable and uncountable, plural tarpaulins
(countable) A tarp, a heavy, waterproof sheet of material, often cloth, used as a cover or blanket. examples
(countable, slang, archaic) A sailor.
(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. examples
third-person singular simple present tarpaulins, present participle tarpaulining, simple past and past participle tarpaulined
To cover with a tarpaulin. quotations examples
"Cover it up! Don't touch it!" said the Professor. So we tarpaulined it according to his instructions, and there it lies.
1929, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, When the World Screamed