under canvas

prep_phrase — 2 senses

under canvas

prep_phrase
1

Nautical, Transport Having the sails unfurled, under sail; travelling by ship or boat.

  • ‘I want to go up the river and see the natives in their camps. It's only a matter of ten days under canvas.’1915, Virginia Woolf, chapter XVII, in The Voyage Out, London: Duckworth & Co., […], →OCLC:
2

Living in tents.

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