A type of coarse cloth, woven from hemp, useful for making sails and tents or as a surface for paintings.
(painting) A piece of cloth stretched across a frame for painting or a painting itself.
A mesh of loosely woven cotton strands or molded plastic to be decorated with needlepoint, cross-stitch, rug hooking, or other crafts.
(figurative) A basis for creative work.
(computer graphics) A region on which graphics can be rendered.
(nautical) Sails in general.
A tent.
A rough draft or model of a song, air, or other literary or musical composition; especially one to show a poet the measure of the verses he is to make.
(Nigeria) Athletic shoes.
Obsolete spelling of canvass
(transitive) To cover (an area or object) with canvas.
Obsolete spelling of canvass