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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The plain, unsurfaced canvas used in the army for covering stores, etc.
  • noun The plain, unsurfaced canvas used in the army for covering stores, etc.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Naut.) See tarpaulin.

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  • noun nautical A tarpaulin.

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