paulin

plural paulins

1. USnauticalA tarpaulin.

   Plain white paulins, made of duck without seams. Furnished with snaps and rings or grommets.

   1938, Victor M. Linoff, Saddle and Western Gear Catalog, page 121

   2 more examples

   The complainant's tents and paulins were manufactured and packed according to detailed specifications.

   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 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.

   2000, Richard Irving Dodge, edited by Wayne R. Kime, The Indian Territory Journals of Colonel Richard Irving Dodge, page 207

alternative Paullin

1. A surname transferred from the given name.