Canvas
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Canvas is an extremely heavy-duty plain-woven fabric used for making sail, tent, marquee, backpack, and other functions where sturdiness is required. It is also popularly used as a painting surface, typically stretched, and on fashion handbags and shoes.
The word canvas is derived from the Latin word for cannabis -- hemp was popularly used to make canvas.
The online etymology dictionary shows a more expanded etymology :
1260, from Anglo-Fr. canevaz, from O.Fr. canevas, from V.L. *cannapaceus...
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