canvas
- Term Type
Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Preferred Term
canvas
- Details
Closely woven textile made in various weights, usually of flax, hemp, jute, or cotton, used especially for sails, tarpaulins, awnings, upholstery, and as a support for oil painting. Also used for a loosely woven, latticelike mesh made of similar material, used as a needlepoint foundation.
- Variations
canvass
doek
toile
Nessel
Leinwand
tela
duk
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