press of canvas

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   the greatest amount of sail that a ship can carry safely

   Synonymspress of sail

   Broadersail

Questions about press of canvas

What does press of canvas mean?

press of canvas means "the greatest amount of sail that a ship can carry safely".

What is another word for press of canvas?

Close synonyms include press of sail. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is press of canvas a common word?

press of canvas is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.