Canvas Definition

kănvəs
canvases, canvassed, canvassing
noun
canvases
A closely woven, coarse cloth of hemp, cotton, or linen, often unbleached, used for tents, sails, etc.
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A specially prepared piece of canvas on which an oil painting is made.
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Such a painting.
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A sail or set of sails.
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Any coarse cloth of open mesh weave on which embroidery or tapestry is done.
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verb
To cover an area or object with canvas.
Wiktionary

Alternative spelling of canvass.

Wiktionary
idiom
under canvas
  • With sails spread.
  • In a tent or tents.
American Heritage
the canvas
  • the canvas-covered floor of a boxing ring
Webster's New World
under canvas
  • in tents
  • with sails unfurled
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Other Word Forms of Canvas

Noun

Singular:
canvas
Plural:
canvasses

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Origin of Canvas

  • From Anglo-Norman, from Old Northern French canevas (compare Old French chanevas, chenevas) from a root ultimately derived from Latin cannabis, possibly a Vulgar Latin *cannabāceus or *cannapāceus. Cf. French canevas, resulting from a blend of the Old French and a Picard dialect word, itself from Old Northern French.

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English canevas from Old French and from Medieval Latin canavāsium both ultimately from Latin cannabis hemp cannabis

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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