Paulin vs Tarpaulin - What's the difference?
paulin | tarpaulin |
(countable) A heavy, waterproof sheet of material, often cloth, used as a cover.
(countable, slang, archaic) A sailor. Often abbreviated to just tar.
(uncountable, obsolete) Any heavy, waterproof material used as a cover.
(uncountable, nautical, obsolete) Canvas waterproofed with tar, used as a cover.
A hat made of, or covered with, painted or tarred cloth, worn by sailors and others.
As a proper noun paulin
is .As a noun tarpaulin is
(countable) a heavy, waterproof sheet of material, often cloth, used as a cover.tarpaulin
English
(wikipedia tarpaulin)Noun
(en noun)- Throw a tarpaulin over that woodpile before it gets wet.