Tarpaulin vs Waistcloth - What's the difference?
tarpaulin | waistcloth |
(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.
A cloth or garment worn around the waist.
* {{quote-book, year=1791, author=Alexandre (fils) Dumas, title=The Son of Clemenceau, chapter=, edition=
, passage=Two rows of slate beds, three of which only were occupied; two men and a boy, nude save a waistcloth ; over their heads--sluggishly swayed by the air the new-comer had carelessly admitted--their clothes were hung like shapeless shadows. }}
* {{quote-book, year=1897, author=Frank T. Bullen, title=The Cruise of the Cachalot, chapter=, edition=
, passage=He was dressed in all the dignity of a woollen shirt, with a piece of fine "tapa" for a waistcloth , feet and legs bare. }}
* {{quote-book, year=1916, author=Joseph Altsheler, title=The Hunters of the Hills, chapter=, edition=
, passage=Fresh leaves had been stripped from a bush and a tiny fragment or two indicated that the Ojibway had torn a piece from his deerskin waistcloth to fasten over the leaves. }}
(nautical) A covering of canvas or tarpaulin for the hammocks, stowed on the nettings, between the quarterdeck and the forecastle.
(Webster 1913)
As nouns the difference between tarpaulin and waistcloth
is that tarpaulin is (countable) a heavy, waterproof sheet of material, often cloth, used as a cover while waistcloth is a cloth or garment worn around the waist.tarpaulin
English
(wikipedia tarpaulin)Noun
(en noun)- Throw a tarpaulin over that woodpile before it gets wet.
Usage notes
* In the US, tarp is more commonly used than tarpaulin, even in print.Derived terms
* tarpSee also
* pallExternal links
* (wikipedia "tarpaulin")waistcloth
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