tarpaulin

noun · verbB2

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Danh từ

noun

Plural noun:

tarpaulins

1.
(countable)A heavy, waterproof sheet of material, often cloth or plastic sheet, used as a cover or blanket (often as weatherproofing, or to keep loose cargo from blowing off a lorry).
Throw a tarpaulin over that woodpile before it gets wet.
2.
(archaic, uncountable)(uncountable, nautical, archaic) Canvas waterproofed with tar, used as a cover.
3.
(archaic, countable, uncountable)A hat made of, or covered with, painted or tarred cloth, worn by sailors and others.
Near-synonym: rain hat
Đồng nghĩa: rain hat
4.
(archaic, countable, slang)A sailor.
Đồng nghĩa: tar

Động từ

verb

V_es/s

tarpaulins

V_ing/Gerund

tarpaulining

V_ed/pp

tarpaulined

1.
To cover with a tarpaulin.

Từ liên quan

Đồng nghĩa

rain hattar

Cùng gốc / liên quan

tarp paulinpall#Nounraincoatrainsuit

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Nguồn gốc từ

From tar + pall (heavy canvas) + -ing. The sailor sense reflects that sailors of centuries past often wore garments made of tarred cloth (for weatherproofing).