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• TARPAULIN, or TARPAULING (as if tarpalling, from tar, and palling, a covering, Lat. palla, a mantle)

TARPAULIN, or TARPAULING (as if tarpalling, from See also:

• TAR

tar, and palling, a covering, See also:

• LAT

Lat. See also:

• PALLA, PALA

palla, a See also:

• MANTLE

mantle)  , a heavy, well-made, See also:

• DOUBLE
• DOUBLE (from the Mid. Eng. duble, the form which gives the present pronunciation, through the Old Er. duble, from Lat. duplus, twice as much)

double warp See also:

• PLAIN (O. Fr. plain, from Lat. plenum)

plain fabric, of various materials, used chiefly in the manufacture of covers for railway and other waggons and for protecting goods on wharves, quays, &c . To make it See also:

• PROOF (in M. Eng. preove, proeve, preve, &°c., from O. Fr . prueve, proeve, &c., mod. preuve, Late. Lat. proba, probate, to prove, to test the goodness of anything, probus, good)

proof against See also:

• RAIN (O.E. regn; the word is common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Regen, Swed. and Dan. regn; it has been connected with Lat. rigare, to wet, Gr. 13pixeav)

rain and other atmospheric influences it is generally treated with See also:

• TAR

tar, though various compositions of different kinds are also employed, especially for the finer fabrics such as are used for covering motor-cars . These covers are generally made of See also:

• FLAX

flax, See also:

• HEMP (in O. Eng. henep, cf. Dutch hennep, Ger. Hanf , cognate with Gr. Kavval3er, Lat. cannabis)

hemp and See also:

• COTTON
• COTTON (Fr. coton; from Arab. qutun)
• COTTON, CHARLES (163o–1687)
• COTTON, GEORGE EDWARD LYNCH (1813–1866)
• COTTON, JOHN (1585–1652)
• COTTON, SIR ROBERT BRUCE

cotton, and are very similar to See also:

• CANVAS

canvas—indeed, large quantities of canvas are made See also:

• WATER

water-proof, and then called See also:

• TARPAULIN, or TARPAULING (as if tarpalling, from tar, and palling, a covering, Lat. palla, a mantle)

tarpaulin . A very large quantity of tarpaulin is made entirely of jute . The See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief seats of manufacture are See also:

• DUNDEE
• DUNDEE, JOHN GRAHAM OF CLAVERHOUSE, VISCOUNT (c. 1649-1689)

Dundee, See also:

• ARBROATH, or ABERBROTHOCK

Arbroath and See also:

• KIRKCALDY (locally pronounced Kerkawdi)

Kirkcaldy . Formerly the word was used as a sort of See also:

• NICKNAME

nickname for a sailor, the See also:

• MODERN

modern " tar " in the same sense being an See also:

• ABBREVIATION (Lat. brevis, short)

abbreviation of it .