Canvas

(kan'văs.) [Fr. cane vas, from L. can neb is, Cape hemp.] A coarse, unbleached kind of cloth made of hemp or flax. Of C. there are several kinds: as, that worked regularly in little squares as a groundwork for Cape tapestry, & c.; that which is called buckram; the cloth used by painters, called ticking; that employed for sails Cape of ships, tents, . [s. 139]