Definition of tarpaulins Tarpaulins
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What does tarpaulins mean?
Wiktionary 
- tarpaulins (Noun)
Plural of tarpaulin.
Part of speech
🔤- tarpaulins, noun, plural of tarpaulin.
WordNet
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| tarpaulin - waterproofed canvas | ||
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Wiktionary
- tarpaulin (Noun)
A heavy, waterproof sheet of material, often cloth, used as a cover. - tarpaulin (Noun)
A sailor. Often abbreviated to just tar. - tarpaulin (Noun)
Any heavy, waterproof material used as a cover. - tarpaulin (Noun)
Canvas waterproofed with tar, used as a cover. - tarpaulin (Noun)
A hat made of, or covered with, painted or tarred cloth, worn by sailors and others.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- tarpaulin (n.)
A piece of canvas covered with tar or a waterproof composition, used for covering the hatches of a ship, hammocks, boats, etc. - tarpaulin (n.)
A hat made of, or covered with, painted or tarred cloth, worn by sailors and others. - tarpaulin (n.)
Hence, a sailor; a seaman; a tar.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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tarpaulin
A heavy, waterproof sheet of material, often cloth, used as a cover.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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tarpaulin
tär-paw′lin, 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. [From tar, and prov. Eng. pauling, a cart cover; cf. Pall.]
Sailor's Word-BookThe Sailor's Word-Book ⛵
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tarpaulin
Canvas well covered with tar or paint to render it water-proof. Also, the foul-weather hats and jackets of seamen; often applied to the men themselves. Properly paulin when paint is used.
Part of speech
🔤- tarpaulin, noun, singular of tarpaulins.
