canvas
canvas definition
can·vas (kan′vəs)
noun
- a closely woven, coarse cloth of hemp, cotton, or linen, often unbleached, used for tents, sails, etc.
- a sail or set of sails
- a specially prepared piece of canvas on which an oil painting is made
- such a painting
- a tent or tents, esp. circus tents
- any coarse cloth of open mesh weave on which embroidery or tapestry is done
Etymology: ME & OFr canevas < It canavaccio < VL *cannapaceum, hempen cloth < L cannabis, hemp
canvas Idioms
the canvas
the canvas-covered floor of a boxing ring
under canvas
- in tents
- with sails unfurled
- by means of sails
Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
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