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11canvas */ — UK [ˈkænvəs] / US noun Word forms canvas : singular canvas plural canvases 1) [uncountable] strong heavy cotton cloth used for making tents, shoes, and sails 2) a) [uncountable] art canvas or other cloth on which artists paint with oil paints b)… …
12canvas — 1. noun /ˈkæn.vəs/ a) A type of coarse cloth, woven from hemp, useful for making sails and tents or as a surface for paintings. The term canvas is very widely used, as well to denote the coarse fabrics employed for kitchen use, as for strainers,… …
13canvas — can·vas || kænvÉ™s n. coarse material (used for sails, tents, as a painting surface, etc.); painting which has been painted on canvas adj. made of or resembling canvas or another coarse fabric v. cover with canvas; examine, scrutinize; discuss; …
14canvas — can|vas [ kænvəs ] noun * 1. ) uncount strong heavy cotton cloth used for making tents, shoes, and sails 2. ) uncount canvas or other cloth on which artists paint with oil paints a ) count a picture painted with oil paints on canvas or other… …
15canvas — [ˈkænvəs] noun 1) [U] strong heavy cotton cloth that is used for making tents, shoes, and sails 2) [C/U] cloth on which artists paint, or a painting done on this cloth …
16Under canvas — Under Un der, prep. [AS. under, prep. & adv.; akin to OFries. under, OS. undar, D. onder, G. unter, OHG. untar, Icel. undir, Sw. & Dan. under, Goth. undar, L. infra below, inferior lower, Skr. adhas below. [root]201. Cf. {Inferior}.] 1. Below or… …
17under canvas — 1. Having the sails unfurled, under sail 2. In a tent or tents • • • Main Entry: ↑canvas * * * under canvas british phrase in a tent We spent three months living under canvas. Thesaurus: camping and caravanning …
18Marine canvas — refers to a varied array of materials and substrates used in the fabrication and production of awnings, covers, tarps, sunshades, signs and banners for the advertising, boating,,trucking,,tenting,,structural and medical industry. Marine canvas a… …
19fore-and-aft sails — Sail Sail, n. [OE. seil, AS. segel, segl; akin to D. zeil, OHG. segal, G. & Sw. segel, Icel. segl, Dan. seil. [root] 153.] 1. An extent of canvas or other fabric by means of which the wind is made serviceable as a power for propelling vessels… …
20square sails — Sail Sail, n. [OE. seil, AS. segel, segl; akin to D. zeil, OHG. segal, G. & Sw. segel, Icel. segl, Dan. seil. [root] 153.] 1. An extent of canvas or other fabric by means of which the wind is made serviceable as a power for propelling vessels… …
