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(countable) A tarp, a heavy, waterproof sheet of material, often cloth, used as a cover or blanket. / (countable, slang, archaic) A sailor.

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tarpaulin

Source Word

tarpaulin

IPA(Pronunciation)

Noun

countable archaic slang obsolete uncountable

Japanese Meaning

防水性の高い、厚手のシート状の布またはビニール。カバーや覆い、ブランケットとして使用される。 / （俗語・古語）水兵、船乗り。

We stretched a tarpaulin over the damaged roof before the storm arrived.

嵐が来る前に、損傷した屋根に防水シートをかけた。

Sense（1）

(countable) A tarp, a heavy, waterproof sheet of material, often cloth, used as a cover or blanket.

Throw a tarpaulin over that woodpile before it gets wet.

Sense（2）

(countable, slang, archaic) A sailor.

Sense（3）

(uncountable, obsolete) Any heavy, waterproof material used as a cover.

Sense（4）

(uncountable, nautical, obsolete) Canvas waterproofed with tar, used as a cover.

Sense（5）

A hat made of, or covered with, painted or tarred cloth, worn by sailors and others.

tarpaulins

（ plural ）