Canvas

n.

Heavy plain-woven cloth traditionally made from hemp. The word itself derives from cannabis.

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Hackle To draw fiber through a bed of metal spikes, combing it straight, removing remaining hurd, and splitting long... Fiber Any thread-like tissue that can be pulped, spun, or woven. Hemp produces both long bast fiber and short... Decortication Mechanically separating the bast fiber from the woody hurd. It is the bottleneck step in the North American... Swingle The wooden, knife-shaped tool used to scutch hemp, beating the stalks clean by hand. Tow The shorter, tangled secondary fibers separated out during hackling. Lower value than long line fiber but still useful... Scutch To beat broken stalks so the loosened hurd falls away from the fiber, traditionally against a wooden board...

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