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Academy board is a pasteboard comprised of sheets of paper, cut to size and pressed together before being treated with a ground of white lead, oil and chalk and sometimes embossed with indentations in imitation of a canvas weave. Academy board has been used chiefly for sketches and studies since the early 19th century.
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A bolt was a British measurement for canvas equal to 35 yards.
In mines, a brattice is a partition of light wood or canvas which divides a shaft or underground roadway in two, and furnishes a means of conducting ventilation to the working face.
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Canvas is a coarse, unbleached cloth made from hemp or flax and used for sails, tents, etc. When prepared for portrait-painting it is classed as kit-cat, 28 by 36 inches, three-quarters, 25 by 30; half-length, 40 by 50; bishop's half-length, 44 or 45 by 56;
bishop's whole length, 58 by 94.
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A cinch is a strong saddle girth, usually of canvas, formerly popular in the western USA.
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A covered wagon was a large wagon with a high, bonnet-like canvas top.
Covered wagons were used by the early American pioneers to transport themselves and their possessions across America during the 19th century migrations.
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A duffle bag is a sturdy, cylindrical canvas bag originally used by servicemen for carrying kit. Stout cord is threaded through metal, eyelets and drawn together to seal the top. The duffle bag shape has been used in shoulder bags, made of various fabrics, from the 1970s.
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An easel is a stand or support for an artist's canvas.
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In painting, the ground is the first layer of colour. The Italian school preceding and during the time of Raphael employed white grounds, but afterwards, when canvas had superseded panels, the Italian and Spanish schools adopted an oil ground of a dull red colour. The Dutch and Flemish masters used light grounds varying from white to gray, and their example has been followed by the English painters and those of the modern European schools.
Properly a haversack is a bag used for carrying oats. The term haversack was mainly used to describe the small canvas bag in which soldiers carried their rations and personal effects.
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