The great canvas had taken fire in several places.
"Leo the Circus Boy"
Ralph Bonehill
Just ask me, now, what's the kind of question you 'd put; for, to tell truth, I 'm not over bright or clever,-the best of me is when I've a canvas before me.
"The Martins Of Cro' Martin, Vol. II (of II)"
Charles James Lever
But it seems odd that the ordinary folding canvas boat has not been pressed into this service.
"My Attainment of the Pole"
Frederick A. Cook