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1. (n.) tarpaulin
a sheet of waterproofed canvas or other material used as a protective covering for objects exposed to the weather.
2. tarpaulin
a sailor.
Etymology: (1595–1605; earlier tarpauling)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) tarpaulin, tarp
waterproofed canvas
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1. (noun) tarpaulin
a piece of canvas covered with tar or a waterproof composition, used for covering the hatches of a ship, hammocks, boats, etc
2. (noun) tarpaulin
a hat made of, or covered with, painted or tarred cloth, worn by sailors and others
3. (noun) tarpaulin
hence, a sailor; a seaman; a tar
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Sense: (a sheet of) a kind of strong waterproof material
He covered his car with a (sheet of) tarpaulin.
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 Afrikaans: seildoek |
 Arabic: تَرْبولين: قِماش مع قُطرا |
 Bulgarian: насмолен брезент |
 Brazilian: encerado |
 Czech: nepromokavá plachta |
 German: der Persenning, die Plaue |
 Danish: imprægneret presenning |
 Greek: μουσαμάς |
 Spanish: lona (alquitranada) |
 Estonian: present |
 Farsi: برزنت |
 Finnish: pressu |
 French: bâche (goudronnée) |
 Hebrew: בְּרֶזֶנט |
 Hindi: तिरपाल |
 Croatian: nepromočiva tkanina, napo |
 Hungarian: vízhatlan ponyva |
 Indonesian: terpal |
 Icelandic: segldúkur |
 Italian: telone |
 Japanese: 防水布 |
 Korean: (타르 등을 칠한) 방수 시트 |
 Lithuanian: brezentas |
 Latvian: brezents |
 Malay: kain tarpaulin |
 Dutch: geteerd zeildoek |
 Norwegian: presenning |
 Polish: brezent |
 Portuguese: encerado |
 Romanian: prelată |
 Russian: брезент |
 Slovak: nepremokavá plachta |
 Slovenian: katranizirana plahta |
 Serbian: cerada |
 Swedish: presenning |
 Thai: ผ้าใบอาบน้ำมัน |
 Turkish: muşamba |
 Taiwanese: 防水布 |
 Ukrainian: брезент |
 Urdu: ترپال |
 Vietnamese: vải dầu |
 Chinese: 防水油布 |
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