canvas duck

American  

noun

1. a lightweight cotton or linen fabric.

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Example Sentences

They had created it out of a strip of canvas duck cloth — donated by an artist neighbor — in the wake of “a lot of anti-gay sentiment,” Herbert says.

From Washington Times

Instead, the raw canvas duck is as inseparable from the surface as the poured-paint lines.

From Los Angeles Times

Later, Snowden’s son-in-law, Horace Capron, created more room in order to turn out canvas duck used on Baltimore Clipper ship sails and Conestoga wagon covers.

From Washington Post

Tent′-bed, a bed having a canopy hanging from a central point overhead; Tent′-cloth, canvas, duck, &c. suitable for tents.—adj.

From Project Gutenberg

The principal manufactures are those of flax, canvas, duck, &c., also silk and woollens.

From Project Gutenberg