tarpaulin

tar·pau·lin  (tär-pôln, tärp-)

n.

1. Material, such as waterproofed canvas, used to cover and protect things from moisture.

2. A sheet of this material.

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[Probably alteration of tar¹ + pall¹ + -ing².]

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tarpaulin

Noun

1. a heavy waterproof canvas coated with tar, wax, or paint

2. a sheet of this canvas, used as a waterproof covering [probably from tar¹ + pall¹]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

tarpaulin - waterproofed canvas                   tarp canvas, canvass - a heavy, closely woven fabric (used for clothing or chairs or sails or tents)

Translations

tarpaulin [tɑːˈpɔːlɪn] n → alquitranado

tarpaulin [tɑːˈpɔːlɪn] n → bâche goudronnée

tarpaulin [tɑːˈpɔːlɪn] n → Plane f

tarpaulin [tɑːˈpɔːlɪn] n → tela incatramata

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tarpaulin

n tarpaulin [taːˈpoːlin]

(a sheet of) a kind of strong waterproof material He covered his car with a (sheet of) tarpaulin. seildoek تَرْبولين: قِماش مع قُطران سَدود للماء насмолен брезент nepromokavá plachta imprægneret presenning der Persenning, die Plaue μουσαμάς lona (alquitranada) present برزنت suojapeite bâche (goudronnée) בְּרֶזֶנט तिरपाल nepromočiva tkanina, napose jedrenina vízhatlan ponyva terpal segldúkur telone 防水布 방수포 brezentas brezents kain tarpaulin geteerd zeildoek presenning brezent encerado prelată брезент nepremokavá plachta katranizirana plahta cerada presenning วัตถุขนิดที่กันน้ำได้ดี muşamba 防水油布 брезент ترپال vải dầu 防水油布