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Definition of Tarpaulins

Tarpaulin
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.

Meaning of Tarpaulins from wikipedia

- suspended. Inexpensive modern tarpaulins are made from woven polyethylene; This material has become so commonly used for tarpaulins that people in some places...
- insurgents in the jungles. Alternatively the French word 'bâche' means tarpaulin and comes ultimately from Latin. . Look up basha in Wiktionary, the free...
- Tarpaulin Cove is a bay in Dukes County, M****achusetts. It is located on Naushon Island 0.8 miles (1.3 km) east of Kettle Cove and northeast of Robinson's...
- Tarpaulin Sky Press is a small press publisher of hybrid texts as well as poetry and prose. Founded by Christian Peet in 2006 and based in Grafton, Vermont...
- 7008 Khaki grey RAL 7009 Green grey Original feldgrau No. 2 RAL 7010 Tarpaulin grey RAL 7011 Iron grey RAL 7012 Basalt grey RAL 7013 Brown grey or NATO...
- The Tarpaulin Cove Light is a historic lighthouse on Naushon Island, one of the Elizabeth Islands of southern M****achusetts. It is located in the town...
- Grace A. Robson J.C. Phillips Knight Penikese Island Ram Island (Mattapoisett) Ram Island (Salisbury) Susan B. Minns Tarpaulin Cove Watatic Mountain...
- production that started about 1959. The most profitable unit was the tarpaulin production. In 1969 the company started to shut down its textile part...
- White tarpaulins over metal beams were quickly rigged to protect the interior from the elements. Nettings protect the destabilised exterior....
- of Balram vs. Tharadas, a 2006 Indian Malayalam-language film Basha (tarpaulin), British military slang for a shelter or sleeping area Arabic pronunciation...