tar‧pau‧lin /tɑːˈpɔːlən, tɑːˈpɔːlɪn $ tɑːrˈpɒː-/
especially British English,
tarp /tɑːp $ tɑːrp/
American English noun [uncountable and countable][
Date: 1900-2000;
Origin: tarpaulin (17-21 centuries), probably from tar + ⇒ pall2 + -ing]
a large heavy cloth or piece of thick plastic that water will not pass through, used to keep rain off things
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