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canvaswork

canvaswork noun: embroidery upon cloth over which canvas has been laid to guide the stitches.

Noun

canvaswork (uncountable)

  1. Embroidery upon cloth over which canvas has been laid to guide the stitches.
  2. Embroidery in Berlin wool on silk canvas with plush stitch.

Origin of canvaswork

From canvas + -work.

Questions about canvaswork

What does canvaswork mean?
Canvaswork means embroidery upon cloth over which canvas has been laid to guide the stitches.
What part of speech is canvaswork?
Canvaswork is a noun.

Words near canvaswork in the dictionary

  1. canvasseth
  2. canvassing
  3. canvassings
  4. canvassy
  5. Canvastown
  6. canvaswork
  7. canvasy
  8. Canvey
  9. Canvey Island
  10. Canwell
  11. Canwells

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