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Re: [VACList] Vintage Look Awning
1. A strong or coarse unbleached cloth made of hemp or flax, used (in different
forms) as the material for sails of ships, for tents, and by painters for
oil-paintings, formerly also for clothing, etc.
1260 et seq. in Rogers Agric. & Pr. II. 511. c1325 Coer de L. 2645 A melle he
hadde..Four sayles wer theretoo..With canevas layd wel al bout. <snip>
from the Oxford English Dictionary but actually, the fabric has been identified
in Egyptian tombs, etc.....
hope this helps<G>
chas
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Charles L Hamilton, chasm@schuetzen.net Houston, TX
WBCCI #1130 VAC S*M*A*R*T '76 Sovereign '02 E350 PSD
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