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Meanings of tarpauling in English

Portuguese
encerado
Spanish
lona embreada o alquitranada
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Waterproof fabric used to make covers for cargo or equipment.

        encerado
        Synonyms
        Examples for "tarpaulin"
        Examples for "tarpaulin"
        1
        That's the 'bus-no ;thetarpaulin hangs down and obscures the inscription; yes.
        The Open Air
        2
        Accordingly, a big tarpaulin was fastened over the hole in the roof.
        Tom Swift and His Sky Racer; Or, The Quickest Flight on Record
        3
        Families use it to prop up tarpaulin tents or build makeshift shelters.
        Reuters
        4
        Pull up the blankets, and then the long end of the tarpaulin.
        The Heritage of the Desert: A Novel
        5
        The tarpaulin-wrapped object that he carried weighed at least five hundred pounds.
        The god machine
        Usage of tarpauling in English
        1
        There was a heap of baggage near the centre of the boat, covered with a tarpauling.
        Rollo in Scotland
        2
        The tarpauling was scanty there, and a man's hand and part of his arm dangled helpless out.
        Hard Cash
        3
        Julia had seen two men carrying a trestle with a tarpauling over it, and a third walking beside.
        Hard Cash
        4
        Tom soon made his appearance, doffing his tarpauling as he entered, and taking a seat to which Frank pointed, nearly opposite Moggy.
        Mountain Moggy: The Stoning of the Witch
        5
        Hilloa!-ondeck there!-youGuinea, pick me up a tailor, and send him aloft, to keep the wind out of this waister's tarpauling.
        The Red Rover: A Tale
        6
        They seemed to be all close as usual, but I now observed for the first time that they were covered with heavy tarpauling.
        The Survivors of the Chancellor: Diary of J.R. Kazallon, Passeng...
        7
        Imaru lay close to me during the night, and, in order to keep entire possession of my blanket, I had to allow him a tarpauling.
        Journal of an Overland Expedition in Australia / From Moreton Ba...
        8
        "He's under that tarpauling," said the mate, pointing to the boat, "and he's rather more than half drownded.
        Cabbages and Kings
        Frequent collocations
        Translations for tarpauling
        Portuguese
        encerado
        Tarpauling through the time