paulin
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See also: Paulin
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Shortening of tarpaulin.
Noun[edit]
paulin (plural paulins)
- (US, nautical) A tarpaulin.
- 1938, Victor M. Linoff, Saddle and Western Gear Catalog, page 121:
- Plain white paulins, made of duck without seams. Furnished with snaps and rings or grommets.
- 1956, L. K. Strouse, Interstate Commerce Commission Reports: Reports and Decisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission of the United States, volume 294, page 114:
- The complainant's tents and paulins were manufactured and packed according to detailed specifications.
- 2000, Richard Irving Dodge, edited by Wayne R. Kime, The Indian Territory Journals of Colonel Richard Irving Dodge, page 207:
- The sawmill was expected soon, and in the meantime fatigue details were erecting picket huts for temporary use — rows of raw logs stood on end in trenches forming rectangles, with roofs also of wood, covered by paulins and daubed with a layer of dirt.
References[edit]
- “paulin”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.