Canvas

kan′vas, n. a coarse cloth made of hemp, used for sails, tents, ., and for painting on: the sails of a ship.— v.t. to cover with canvas.— ns. Can′vas-back , a North American duck, very good eating, its back ashy white, cro ed by broken, zigzag, dark lines; Can′vas-climb′er ( Shak. ), a sailor; Can′vas-stretch′er , a wooden frame on which canvas is stretched for oil-painting; Can′vas-work , embroidery upon cloth over which canvas has been laid to guide the stitches: an embroidery in Berlin wool on silk canvas with plush-stitch.— Under canvas , having the sails unfurled, under sail: living in tents. [O. Fr. canevas —L. and Gr. cannabis , hemp.]