tarp

plural tarps

1. abbreviationclippingClipping of tarpaulin (“covering”).

   {Gun pointing at head} Sorry, Quigley, but you had your chance to cooperate. / Bob, straighten the tarp, we don’t want the rug splattered.

   1986, Paul Chadwick, Concrete: Under the Desert Stars, Dark Horse Books

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   [Ignatz, under the rain:] It's a good thing I had this tarp handy. [...] / [Officer Pupp:] Gimme that canvas, it's much more important that I keep dry.

   1934 June 26, George Herriman, Krazy Kat, comic strip, →ISBN, page 172

present singular third person tarps · participle present tarping · participle past tarped · past tarped

1. To cover something with a tarpaulin.

   The load may be tarped for serious white water, but tarped or not, everything should be tied securely in case of capsize.

   2001, Verne Huser, River Running: Canoeing, Kayaking, Rowing, Rafting, page 136

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