The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word TOPSAIL
I've seen this crossword clue in The Sunday Telegraph
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More clues leading to the result TOPSAIL
- Trouble with polls bringing some superior canvassing?
- A pistol shot that's carried on a yard
- Part from ship, as pilot ordered
- Canvas blouses say feel bad
- Feature of vessel on lake is excellent, excellent!
- . Material used to increase velocity of a pistol shot
- Wave spoilt a sheet of canvas
- Piece of canvas pretty serious artist initially used in work
- Best ship – or some of its canvas?
- Betters suffer trapped wind here on board!
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The straight part
We know that "Piece of canvas" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case piece of canvas = topsail.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does TOPSAIL mean?
TOPSAIL noun- A sail or either of the two sails rigged just above the course sail and supported by the topmast on a square-rigged sailing ship.
- In a fore-and-aft-rigged sailing boat, the sail that is set above the gaff at the top part of the mast.