different between tarp vs logroll

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /t??p/
• (US) enPR: tärp, IPA^(key): /t??p/
• Rhymes: -??(r)p

Etymology

Clipping of tarpaulin.

Noun

tarp (plural tarps)

1. A tarpaulin.
   • 1986, Paul Chadwick, Concrete: Under the Desert Stars, Dark Horse Books

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

Usage notes

• The short form might be perceived as informal, but in North American English it has replaced tarpaulin in most situations.

Translations

Verb

tarp (third-person singular simple present tarps, present participle tarping, simple past and past participle tarped)

1. To cover something with a tarpaulin.
   • 2001, Verne Huser, River Running: Canoeing, Kayaking, Rowing, Rafting, page 136

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

Translations

Anagrams

• TRAP, part, part., patr-, prat, rapt, rtPA, trap

Lithuanian

Etymology

From tárpas, compare dialectal tar?pu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t??rp/

Preposition

tar?p (with genitive)

1. between (located in the middle of, connecting, dividing, or shared by two objects)

   Kóks skìrtumas tar?p výr? ir? móter?? - What's the difference between men and women?

   K?lias tar?p Vìlniaus ir? Ka?no - The road between Vilnius and Kaunas

2. among, amid (surrounded or encompassed by)

   Ka?p va?kui ràsti vi?t? tar?p bendraam?ži?? - How can a child find a place amongst his peers?

Derived terms

See tarpas, tarp-.

English

Etymology

Back-formation from logrolling.

Verb

logroll (third-person singular simple present logrolls, present participle logrolling, simple past and past participle logrolled)

1. (intransitive) To exchange political favours.
2. (transitive) To combine legislative items, either or both of which might fail on its own, into a single bill that is more likely to pass.

3. To roll a log in a body of water, while balancing on it; to birl.
4. To move like rolling logs.
5. (transitive) To safely move (a body) in an emergency (medical) situation, tilting them up, then laying them on a transport surface.

Derived terms

• logroller

Noun

logroll (plural logrolls)

1. (emergency medicine) A method of moving a patient, rolling them onto their side, and later onto a transport method such as a tarp, spineboard, or stretcher.