Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - canvas
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n. & v. --n. 1 a a strong coarse kind of cloth made from hemp or flax or other coarse yarn and used for sails and tents etc. and as a surface for oil-painting. b a piece of this. 2 a painting on canvas, esp. in oils. 3 an open kind of canvas used as a basis for tapestry and embroidery. 4 sl. the floor of a boxing or wrestling ring. 5 a racing-boat's covered end. --v.tr. (canvassed, canvassing; US canvased, canvasing) cover with canvas. Phrases and idioms by a canvas (in boat-racing) by a small margin (win by a canvas). canvas-back a wild duck Aythya valisineria, of N. America, with back feathers the colour of unbleached canvas. under canvas 1 in a tent or tents. 2 with sails spread. Etymology: ME & ONF canevas, ult. f. L cannabis hemp
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I. noun also ~s see: cannabis Date: 13th century a firm closely woven cloth usually of linen, hemp, or cotton used for clothing and formerly much used for tents and sails, a set of sails ; sail, a piece of ~ used for a particular purpose, tent, 5. a piece of cloth backed or framed as a surface for a painting, the background, setting, or scope of a historical or fictional account or narrative, a coarse cloth so woven as to form regular meshes for working with the needle, the ~-covered floor of a boxing or wrestling ring, ~like adjective II. transitive verb (-vased or -vassed; -vasing or -vassing) Date: 1556 to cover, line, or furnish with ~ ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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