How to pronounce“tarpaulin”in English
verbUnfortunately, the list of needs is long. For a child, every aspect of their life has been impacted and they need everything from water to food to
medicine to shelter. In terms of shelter, UNICEF is bringing in tents for families and also tarpaulins to help create makeshift shelters that we see
everywhere here across the Gaza Strip in the absence of sufficient tents. Of course, winter is coming, so the stakes are really high. It's getting cold and
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Definitions of “tarpaulin”
A heavy, waterproof sheet of material, often cloth or plastic sheet, used as a cover or blanket (often as weatherproofing, or to keep loose cargo from blowing off a lorry).
“Throw a tarpaulin over that woodpile before it gets wet.”
Canvas waterproofed with tar, used as a cover.
To cover with a tarpaulin.
“"Cover it up! Don't touch it!" said the Professor. So we tarpaulined it according to his instructions, and there it lies.”
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