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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  tarpaulin 
  n  :  waterproofed  canvas  [syn:  {tarp}] 




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