имя существительное 1) холст, парусина; брезент; канва (ткань для вышивания) Синоним(ы): duck, sailcloth 2) [морское дело] паруса Например: The small boat was put under canvas again. — Маленькая лодка снова была под парусами. 3) полотно, холст; картина
канва; парусина; полотно; брезент
суровое грубое полотно; парусина; брезент
I. noun also canvass Etymology: Middle English canevas, from Anglo-French canevas, chanevaz, from Vulgar Latin *cannabaceus hempen, from Latin cannabis hemp — more at cannabis 1. a firm closely woven cloth usually of linen, hemp, or cotton used for clothing and formerly much used for tents and sails 2. a set of sails; sail 3. a piece of canvas used for a particular purpose 4. tent; also a group of tents 5. a. a piece of cloth backed or framed as a surface for a painting; also the painting on such a surface b. the background, setting, or scope of a historical or fictional account or narrative 6. a coarse cloth so woven as to form regular meshes for working with the needle 7. the canvas-covered floor of a boxing or wrestling ring • canvaslike adjective II. transitive verb (-vased or -vassed; -vasing or -vassing) to cover, line, or furnish with canvas