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Meanings of tarpaulin in English
Portuguese
encerado Spanish
lona embreada o alquitranada 
Synonyms
Examples for "tarpauling"
Examples for "tarpauling"
1
There was a heap of baggage near the centre of the boat, covered with a tarpauling.
2
The tarpauling was scanty there, and a man's hand and part of his arm dangled helpless out.
3
Julia had seen two men carrying a trestle with a tarpauling over it, and a third walking beside.
4
Tom soon made his appearance, doffing his tarpauling as he entered, and taking a seat to which Frank pointed, nearly opposite Moggy.
5
Hilloa!-ondeck there!-youGuinea, pick me up a tailor, and send him aloft, to keep the wind out of this waister's tarpauling.
Usage of tarpaulin in English
1
That's the 'bus-no ;thetarpaulin hangs down and obscures the inscription; yes.
2
Accordingly, a big tarpaulin was fastened over the hole in the roof.
3
Families use it to prop up tarpaulin tents or build makeshift shelters.
4
Pull up the blankets, and then the long end of the tarpaulin.
5
The tarpaulin-wrapped object that he carried weighed at least five hundred pounds.
6
The driver in his conical cape and tarpaulin hat, streamed with water.
7
Their clothing and provisions were firmly lashed up in pieces of tarpaulin.
8
One of the tarpaulin curtains had been left unbuttoned by the coachman.
9
And he stooped down and pulled the tarpaulin violently to one side.
10
The tarpaulin that covered their pen had been off for several days.
11
Covering the heap with plastic or tarpaulin will significantly reduce nutrient runoff.
12
Unity Sallet is there too-yes ,atthe other end, under the tarpaulin.
13
Soon they all sat round a spread tarpaulin and ate like wolves.
14
A black tarpaulin is tied down over a swelling load of gold.
15
He covers the engine with a tarpaulin and closes the shed door.
16
He had leaned down and pulled something out from under a tarpaulin.
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Tarpaulin through the time
Tarpaulin across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Common