paulin

See also: Paulin

English

Etymology

Shortening of tarpaulin.

Noun

paulin (plural paulins)

1. (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

• “paulin”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• Lupian