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awning |
a protective structure, often made of canvas, erected over a door or window. |
bonnet |
a strip of canvas used to supplement the area of a sail. [1/6 definitions] |
breeches buoy |
a nautical rescue device consisting of a canvas sling with leg holes that is suspended from a life preserver, used to transfer the rescued person up a rope to a ship. |
camp chair |
a lightweight folding chair, usu. made of canvas, plastic webbing, or the like. |
covered wagon |
a large wagon with a high arched canvas cover, used by American pioneers. |
drawing board |
a large, smooth, rectangular board on which paper or canvas is mounted before being drawn upon. |
drogue |
an anchor, esp. a canvas sack used for slowing a boat and keeping her prow into the wind. [1/2 definitions] |
duck3 |
a very strong fabric made of cotton or linen and resembling canvas. [1/2 definitions] |
duffel bag |
a large cylindrical canvas bag used to carry clothing and personal items. |
easel |
a free-standing frame for holding an artist's canvas, blackboard, or the like. |
espadrille |
a sandal with a canvas upper and a sole of rubber or twisted fiber. |
gym shoe |
a rubber-soled canvas shoe intended to be worn for indoor sports; sneaker. |
hammock |
a hanging, swingable lounge or bed made of canvas or other strong fabric or netting and slung between two trees or other supports. |
impasto |
the thick application of paint on canvas, as in certain painting techniques, or the paint so applied. |
knapsack |
a carrying bag worn on the back and made of leather, canvas, nylon, or the like. |
legging |
(often pl.) a covering of canvas, leather, or the like for the lower leg or sometimes the whole leg. |
linoleum |
a durable floor covering made by pressing linseed oil, powdered cork, and rosin onto a canvas or burlap backing. |
mailbag |
a large, usu. canvas, bag or sack used to transport large quantities of mail. [1/2 definitions] |
musette bag |
a small leather or canvas bag for toilet articles, carried by a shoulder strap. |
needlepoint |
decorative embroidery on canvas, usu. of evenly spaced stitches of wool yarn. [1/2 definitions] |
packsack |
a sack or bag of canvas or leather that can be carried by straps over the shoulders. |
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