Glossary entry

English term or phrase:

canvas

Romanian translation:

fir de canvas/cânepă pentru etanșare

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English term

canvas

English to Romanian Tech/Engineering Mechanics / Mech Engineering
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fir de canvas/cânepă pentru etanșare

Webster says
n noun (plural canvases or canvasses)
1 a strong, coarse unbleached cloth used to make sails, tents, etc. and as a surface for oil painting. Øa piece of canvas prepared for use as the surface for an oil painting. Ø(the canvas) the floor of a boxing or wrestling ring, having a canvas covering.
2 either of a racing boat's tapering ends, originally covered with canvas.
n verb (canvases, canvassing, canvassed; United States canvases, canvasing, canvased) cover with canvas.

WORD HISTORY
The word canvas came into Middle English, via Old Northern French canevas, from the Latin name for hemp, cannabis: hemp is the raw material traditionally used in making canvas, and is also the source of cannabis itself.

.... Pe lângă țesătura de canvas se folosește și firul pentru etanșarea unei îmbinări a țevilor.
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