"paulin" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "Shortening of tarpaulin.",
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      "examples": [
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          "ref": "1938, Victor M. Linoff, Saddle and Western Gear Catalog, page 121",
          "text": "Plain white paulins, made of duck without seams. Furnished with snaps and rings or grommets.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1956, L. K. Strouse, Interstate Commerce Commission Reports: Reports and Decisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission of the United States, volume 294, page 114",
          "text": "The complainant's tents and paulins were manufactured and packed according to detailed specifications.",
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          "ref": "2000, Richard Irving Dodge, edited by Wayne R. Kime, The Indian Territory Journals of Colonel Richard Irving Dodge, page 207",
          "text": "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.",
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        "A tarpaulin."
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        "(US, nautical) A tarpaulin."
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  "word": "paulin"
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          "ref": "1938, Victor M. Linoff, Saddle and Western Gear Catalog, page 121",
          "text": "Plain white paulins, made of duck without seams. Furnished with snaps and rings or grommets.",
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        },
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          "text": "The complainant's tents and paulins were manufactured and packed according to detailed specifications.",
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          "text": "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.",
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        "A tarpaulin."
      ],
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