tjeckiska-engelska översättning av plachta

canvas
us
The author takes rural midwestern life as a canvas for a series of tightly woven character studiesHe spent the night under canvas
canvassto canvass a district for votes; to canvass a city for subscriptionsto canvass the votes cast at an election; to canvass a district with reference to its probable vote

sail
us
Take in sail: a storm is coming.Lets go for a sail.Twenty sail were in sight.
tarpaulinThrow a tarpaulin over that woodpile before it gets wet.