tarpaulin

tarpaulin is a   Noun

Definition:

[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.

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