tarpaulin

Meanings

Noun

• A tarp, a heavy, waterproof sheet of material, often cloth, used as a cover or blanket.
• A sailor.
• Any heavy, waterproof material used as a cover.
• Canvas waterproofed with tar, used as a cover.
• A hat made of, or covered with, painted or tarred cloth, worn by sailors and others.

Verb

• To cover with a tarpaulin.

Origin

• From tar + pall + -ing.