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Goring Cloth :: Goring cloth (n.) A piece of canvas cut obliquely to widen a sail at the foot.

Canvas :: Canvas (a.) Made of, pertaining to, or resembling, canvas or coarse cloth; as, a canvas tent..

Stretch :: Stretch (v. i.) To sail by the wind under press of canvas; as, the ship stretched to the eastward..

Cot :: Cot (n.) A sleeping place of limited size; a little bed; a cradle; a piece of canvas extended by a frame, used as a bed..

Bishop''s Length :: Bishop's length () A canvas for a portrait measuring 58 by 94 inches. The half bishop measures 45 by 56.

Picture :: Picture (n.) A representation of anything (as a person, a landscape, a building) upon canvas, paper, or other surface, produced by means of painting, drawing, engraving, photography, etc.; a representation in colors. By extension, a figure; a model..

Canvasback :: Canvasback (n.) A Species of duck (Aythya vallisneria), esteemed for the delicacy of its flesh. It visits the United States in autumn; particularly Chesapeake Bay and adjoining waters; -- so named from the markings of the plumage on its back..

Grapeshot :: Grapeshot (n.) A cluster, usually nine in number, of small iron balls, put together by means of cast-iron circular plates at top and bottom, with two rings, and a central connecting rod, in order to be used as a charge for a cannon. Formerly grapeshot were inclosed in canvas bags..

Campaign :: Campaign (n.) Political operations preceding an election; a canvass.

Canvasser :: Canvasser (n.) One who canvasses.

Knapsack :: Knapsack (v. t.) A case of canvas or leather, for carrying on the back a soldier's necessaries, or the clothing, etc., of a traveler..

Wigan :: Wigan (n.) A kind of canvaslike cotton fabric, used to stiffen and protect the lower part of trousers and of the skirts of women's dresses, etc.; -- so called from Wigan, the name of a town in Lancashire, England..

Redhead :: Redhead (n.) An American duck (Aythya Americana) highly esteemed as a game bird. It is closely allied to the canvasback, but is smaller and its head brighter red. Called also red-headed duck. American poachard, grayback, and fall duck. See Illust. under Poachard..

Duck :: Duck (n.) A linen (or sometimes cotton) fabric, finer and lighter than canvas, -- used for the lighter sails of vessels, the sacking of beds, and sometimes for men's clothing..

Thrum :: Thrum (v. t.) To insert short pieces of rope-yarn or spun yarn in; as, to thrum a piece of canvas, or a mat, thus making a rough or tufted surface..

Stacking :: Stack-guard (n.) A covering or protection, as a canvas, for a stack..

Panel :: Panel (n.) A slab or plank of wood upon which, instead of canvas, a picture is painted..

Monk''s Seam :: Monk's seam () An extra middle seam made at the junction of two breadths of canvas, ordinarily joined by only two rows of stitches..

Cinch :: Cinch (n.) A strong saddle girth, as of canvas..

Punka :: Punka (n.) A machine for fanning a room, usually a movable fanlike frame covered with canvas, and suspended from the ceiling. It is kept in motion by pulling a cord..

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