canoe stern - A pointed stern, such as those on a canoe.
canvas - Tightely woven cloth used for sails, covers, dodgers and biminis. Typically made from cotton, hemp or linen.
Canoe Stern:
A pointed stern, such as those on a canoe.
Cant:
(1) A term signifying an inclination of an object from a perpendicular; to turn anything so that it does not stand perpendicularly or square to an object.
Canoe stern: A design for the stern of a yacht which is pointed, like a bow, rather than squared off as a transom.
Cape Horn fever: The name of the fake illness a malingerer is pretending to suffer from.
If cut off flat across in a transom it is a transom stern, if pointed it is a canoe stern and the boat is a double-ender. To moor or anchor stern-to is to put the stern nearest the wharf or drop the anchor over the stern.
Transom
The "Transom" is the flat side of the hull at the stern of the vessel. If the stern is pointed like the bow then it has no transom and is referred to as a double-ender or canoe stern.
 See also: Forward, Cabin, Keel, Cockpit, Boat
  
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