tarpaulin

[ UK /tˈɑːpəlˌɪn/ ]
NOUN
  1. waterproofed canvas
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How To Use tarpaulin In A Sentence

  • With water all around me I had little choice but to sit under a leaky tarpaulin beside chain-smokers and crying children, only now and then getting a glimpse up into the vast forests I was entering.
  • The shingles are no great problem; I've shaken hands on a deal to have the house and garage roof replaced in the autumn and if I get a major leak before then all I need do is make a call and they'll hop on over with a large blue tarpaulin.
  • Here a tarp, short for tarpaulin, is a waterproof sheet of canvas or heavy duty plastic that you throw over things to keep the rain off. What Mexican Food Are You? and 3 Others
  • We found a lifeboat suspended 10 feet above the deck and bedded down under a tarpaulin.
  • Emergency crews covered his vehicle with a blue tarpaulin to shield the scene from view while the body was recovered. The Sun
  • On the second day of rain, Al took the tarpaulin separating the two sides of the boxcar and draped it over the front end of the truck.
  • Lay down a tarpaulin, then put your sleeping mat and bedding on top of it. Times, Sunday Times
  • Main wood to aluminum and plexiglass, PC, tarpaulins, toughened glass.
  • All the latest marine hardware was there - from modest self-assembled rafts, with their homely oil drums and tarpaulins, to sleek, converted pedalos.
  • Yards away, police officers manned a cordon around the house, and tarpaulins hung over the charred first floor window where firefighters are thought to have made the discovery of the bodies.
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