Canvas — is an extremely heavy duty plain woven fabric used for making sails, tents, marquees, backpacks, and other functions where sturdiness is required. It is also popularly used as a painting surface, typically stretched, and on fashion handbags and… … Wikipedia
Canvas — Can vas, n. [OE. canvas, canevas, F. canevas, LL. canabacius hempen cloth, canvas, L. cannabis hemp, fr. G. ?. See {Hemp}.] 1. A strong cloth made of hemp, flax, or cotton; used for tents, sails, etc. [1913 Webster] By glimmering lanes and walls… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
canvas — ► NOUN (pl. canvases or canvasses) 1) a strong, coarse unbleached cloth used to make sails, tents, etc. 2) a piece of canvas prepared for use as the surface for an oil painting. 3) (the canvas) the floor of a boxing or wrestling ring, having a… … English terms dictionary
canvas — [kan′vəs] n. [ME & OFr canevas < It canavaccio < VL * cannapaceum, hempen cloth < L cannabis, HEMP] 1. a closely woven, coarse cloth of hemp, cotton, or linen, often unbleached, used for tents, sails, etc. 2. a sail or set of sails 3. a) … English World dictionary
Canvas — Can vas, a. Made of, pertaining to, or resembling, canvas or coarse cloth; as, a canvas tent. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Canvas — (deutsch „Leinwand“, „Leinen“) bezeichnet: Canvas (Fernsehsender), ein Fernsehprogramm des Flämischen Rundfunks VRT Canvas (HTML Element), Element der Auszeichnungssprache HTML Leinwand, ein Gewebe, das in der Malerei als Farbträger dient … Deutsch Wikipedia
canvas — canvas, canvass 1. Canvas with one s means ‘coarse cloth’. The plural is canvases and as a verb (‘to cover or line with canvas’) it has inflected forms canvasses, canvassed, canvassing. 2. Canvass with two s s is a verb meaning ‘to solicit votes’ … Modern English usage
canvas — mid 14c., from Anglo Fr. canevaz, from O.Fr. canevas, from V.L. *cannapaceus made of hemp, from L. cannabis, from Gk. kannabis hemp, a Scythian or Thracian word. Canvas back as a type of N.Amer. duck is from 1785 … Etymology dictionary
canvas — [n1] coarse material awning cloth, duck, fly, sailcloth, shade, tarp, tarpaulin, tenting; concept 473 canvas [n2] painting on coarse material art, artwork, oil, picture, piece, portrait, still life, watercolor; concept 259 … New thesaurus
Canvas — Canvas, Zeug, so v.w. Canevas … Pierer's Universal-Lexikon
