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under canvas

under canvas prepositional phrase: having the sails unfurled, under sail; travelling by ship or boat.

Prepositional phrase

  1. Having 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.

under canvas meaning in Tamil

under canvas in Tamil

நீளமான கப்பல்

Questions about under canvas

What does under canvas mean?
Under canvas means having the sails unfurled, under sail; travelling by ship or boat.
What is under canvas in Tamil?
Under canvas in Tamil is நீளமான கப்பல். See Under canvas meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is under canvas?
Under canvas is a prepositional phrase.

Words near under canvas in the dictionary

  1. under and overs
  2. under arms
  3. under arrest
  4. under boob
  5. under boobs
  6. under canvas
  7. under center
  8. under clothes
  9. under construction
  10. under control
  11. under correction

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