01 n. A strong cloth made of hemp, flax, or cotton; -- used for tents, sails, etc.
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A strong cloth made of hemp, flax, or cotton; -- used for tents, sails, etc.“By glimmering lanes and walls of canvas led.” — Tennyson.
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A coarse cloth so woven as to form regular meshes for working with the needle, as in tapestry, or worsted work.“History . . . does not bring out clearly upon the canvas the details which were familiar.” — J. H. Newman.
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Something for which canvas is used: (a) A sail, or a collection of sails. (b) A tent, or a collection of tents. (c) A painting, or a picture on canvas.“To suit his canvas to the roughness of the see.” — Goldsmith.“Light, rich as that which glows on the canvas of Claude.” — Macaulay.
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A rough draft or model of a song, air, or other literary or musical composition; esp. one to show a poet the measure of the verses he is to make.