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Tarring

Tar \Tar\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tarred; p. pr. & vb. n. Tarring.] To smear with tar, or as with tar; as, to tar ropes; to tar cloth.

To tar and feather a person. See under Feather, v. t.

Wiktionary
tarring

n. An application of tar. vb. (present participle of tar English)

WordNet
tar

  1. n. any of various dark heavy viscid substances obtained as a residue [syn: pitch]

  2. a man who serves as a sailor [syn: mariner, seaman, Jack-tar, Jack, old salt, seafarer, gob, sea dog]

  3. [also: tarring, tarred]

tar

  1. v. coat with tar; "tar the roof"; "tar the roads"

  2. [also: tarring, tarred]

tarring

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Wikipedia
Tarring (rope)

Some types of rope must be protected from rot by tarring, coating the rope with tar. Hemp rope requires tarring, but Manila, cotton, and synthetics do not. Regular tarring at sea was required when sailing ships used hemp rope.

Tarring

Tarring can refer to:

  • Tarring, West Sussex, a neighbourhood in England.
  • Tarring (rope)
  • Tarring and feathering

Usage examples of "tarring".

I expect that you, like me and everybody else in the borough, will be cashing in your share certificate on Monday and pocketing the moolah, before getting on with the tarring and feathering.

Landlords didn't care to spend more than they had to on maintenance of these old buildings, and when they got word that an inspection was in the offing, they frequently created a new and draftless facade by tarring and papering the exterior with any of a number of cheap substitutes for real wooden siding.

He handled every kind of case--land transfers, trespass, admiralty, marine insurance, murder, adultery, rape, bastardy, buggery, assault and battery, tarring and feathering.