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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idiom
under canvas
- With sails spread.
- In a tent or tents.
American Heritage
the canvas
- the canvas-covered floor of a boxing ring
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under canvas
- in tents
- with sails unfurled
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Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Canvas
- under canvas
- the canvas
- under canvas
Origin of Canvas
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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
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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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