‖n. [ OF. & F. épaulière. See Espalier. ] A defense for the shoulder, composed of flexible overlapping plates of metal, used in the 15th century; -- the origin of the modern epaulette. Fairholt. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. (Eccl. Hist.) A follower of Paul of Samosata, a bishop of Antioch in the third century, who was deposed for denying the divinity of Christ. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Etymol. uncertain. ] (Eccl. Hist.) One of a sect of Christian dualists originating in Armenia in the seventh century. They rejected the Old Testament and the part of the New. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Naut.) See Tarpaulin. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. Paulinus, fr. Paulus Paul. ] Of or pertaining to the apostle Paul, or his writings; resembling, or conforming to, the writings of Paul; as, the Pauline epistles; Pauline doctrine. [ 1913 Webster ]

My religion had always been Pauline. J. H. Newman. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (R. C. Ch.) A member of The Institute of the Missionary Priests of St. Paul the Apostle, founded in 1858 by the Rev. I. T. Hecker of New York. The majority of the members were formerly Protestants. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Tar + palling a covering, pall to cover. See Pall a covering. ] 1. A piece of canvas covered with tar or a waterproof composition, used for covering the hatches of a ship, hammocks, boats, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A hat made of, or covered with, painted or tarred cloth, worn by sailors and others. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Hence, a sailor; a seaman; a tar. [ 1913 Webster ]

To a landsman, these tarpaulins, as they were called, seemed a strange and half-savage race. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]