also: ほぬの
noun
canvas; sailcloth
Heavy, durable fabric used for sails, tents, bags, and similar items.
帆布でできたバッグは丈夫で長持ちする。
Bags made of canvas are sturdy and long-lasting.
船の帆には厚手の帆布が使われる。
Thick sailcloth is used for ship sails.
Rare native Japanese reading; mostly historical or literary.
Often used for artist's canvas or in a more modern/abstract sense; 帆布 is specifically the heavy woven fabric.
Compound of 帆 (sail) and 布 (cloth). The reading はんぷ is Sino-Japanese; ほぬの is a native Japanese reading.