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Examples of tarpaulin
tarpaulin
During the hunt, the view into the cove is usually blocked by tarpaulin screens.
From the telegraph.co.uk
There are a few stone houses, and now, a cluster of cars and tarpaulin shelters.
From the bbc.co.uk
So we got on unloading the lorries and put up our big tarpaulin reception tent.
From the telegraph.co.uk
He had the points covered with a tarpaulin for a closer inspection in daylight.
From the guardian.co.uk
When he arrives, the government will give him seeds, some sticks and a tarpaulin.
From the washingtonpost.com
I've been eating there since it was two guys with griddle pans under a tarpaulin.
From the guardian.co.uk
The graves are currently identified by sheets of tarpaulin held down by stones.
From the thisismoney.co.uk
A traveling trader under a tarpaulin sells cheap Chinese goods from banana cartons.
From the businessweek.com
Beyond the crashed plane she'd glimpsed a tarpaulin laid over a shallow hump.
From the denverpost.com
- Waterproofed canvas
- A tarpaulin (or tarp in American English) is a large sheet of strong, flexible, water-resistant or waterproof material, often cloth such as canvas or polyester coated with urethane, or made of plastics such as polyethylene. ...
- A heavy, waterproof sheet of material, often cloth, used as a cover; A sailor. Often abbreviated to just tar; Any heavy, waterproof material used as a cover; Canvas waterproofed with tar, used as a cover
- (Tarpaulins) are large sheets of canvas, spread over the whole hatch. Their edges are turned inwards and forced hard against coaming with a long bar of steel called a batten (hence: battening down).
- Waterproof fabric used for covering the top of an open top container.
- Waterproof material, e.g. canvas, to spread over cargo to protect it from getting wet.
- A waterproof canvas cloth used for hatch-covers, coats etc.
- A sheet (often plastic/vinyl or canvass) that is temporarily fixed to a roof to reduce water penetration and maintain internal conditions.
- A term applied to a pliable canvas hatch cover. One or more tarpaulins are stretched over the wooden hatch covers and the edges are held in place by battens wedged into cleats on the hatch coaming. Also applied to pieces of canvas used as a shelter for workmen or as a cover for deck equipment.
