Tarpaulin /(?)/

Tar·pau·lin

Tarpaulin

n.
  1. A piece of canvas covered with tar or a waterproof composition, used for covering the hatches of a ship, hammocks, boats, etc.
  2. A hat made of, or covered with, painted or tarred cloth, worn by sailors and others.
  3. Hence, a sailor; a seaman; a tar.
    To a landsman, these tarpaulins, as they were called, seemed a strange and half-savage race.