under canvas

prepositional phrase

Having the sails unfurled, under sail; travelling by ship or boat.

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Meanings

prepositional phrase
  1. nauticalHaving the sails unfurled, under sail; travelling by ship or boat.

    ‘I want to go up the river and see the natives in their camps. It's only a matter of ten days under canvas.’

    1915, Virginia Woolf, chapter XVII, in The Voyage Out, London: Duckworth & Co., […], →OCLC
  2. Living in tents.

Translations

Finnish purjeilla, purjeet ylhäällä
  • purjeillaunder sail
  • purjeet ylhäälläunder sail
Cite this entry
APA

under canvas. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/under%20canvas

MLA

“under canvas.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/under%20canvas. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “under canvas,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/under%20canvas.

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