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What is a tarpaulin?

What is a tarpaulin? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (countable) A tarp, a heavy, waterproof sheet of material, often cloth, used as a cover or blanket.
  2. (countable, slang, archaic) A sailor (often abbreviated to tar)
  3. (uncountable, obsolete) Any heavy, waterproof material used as a cover.
  4. (uncountable, nautical, obsolete) Canvas waterproofed with tar, used as a cover.
  5. A hat made of, or covered with, painted or tarred cloth, worn by sailors and others.
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The tiles were covered in tarpaulin and pegged down while the police were informed.
The tarpaulin sheets for the roofs of the stalls went first, followed by the counter boards and finally the heavy metal frames.
It grew dark, and Burginde pulled open the tarpaulin flap to speak to the drover.
In Kindamba he improvised a splint from palm branches and asked a carpenter to make another, around which tarpaulin would be wrapped.
We found a lifeboat suspended 10 feet above the deck and bedded down under a tarpaulin.
Red lanterns suspended from bamboo poles crisscross the streets while bamboo stalls topped with colorful tarpaulin litter the sidewalks.

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