CANVAS

noun a strong cloth made of hemp, flax, or cotton;

— used for tents, sails, ·etc.

2. canvas ·adj made of, pertaining to, or resembling, canvas or coarse cloth; as, a canvas tent.

3. canvas ·noun a piece of strong cloth of which the surface has been prepared to receive painting, commonly painting in oil.

4. canvas ·noun a coarse cloth so woven as to form regular meshes for working with the needle, as in tapestry, or worsted work.

5. canvas ·noun 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.

6. canvas ·noun 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.