tarpaulin

1. (countable)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.

   Persenning, Plane, Abdeckplane

   брезе́нтbrezént, тентtɛnt

   брезе́нтbrezént

2. (archaic, uncountable)Canvas waterproofed with tar, used as a cover.

   waterproofed canvas

3. (archaic, countable, uncountable)A hat made of, or covered with, painted or tarred cloth, worn by sailors and others.

   Near-synonym: rain hat

4. (archaic, countable, slang)A sailor.

1. I covered my car with a tarpaulin.

   ruЯ накрыл свою машину брезентом. — marafon

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