(n) :
a type of coarsecloth, woven from hemp, useful for making sails and tents or as a surface for paintings; a piece of canvas cloth stretched across a frame on which one may paint
"1882: The term canvas is very widely used, as well to denote the coarse fabrics employed for kitchen use, as for strainers, and wraps for meat, as for the best quality of ordinary table and shirting linen. &mdash"
(v) :
to cover an area or object with canvas
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(n) :
a type of coarsecloth, woven from hemp, useful for making sails and tents or as a surface for paintings; a piece of canvas cloth stretched across a frame on which one may paint
"1882: The term canvas is very widely used, as well to denote the coarse fabrics employed for kitchen use, as for strainers, and wraps for meat, as for the best quality of ordinary table and shirting linen. &mdash"