Yes, canvas is a Scrabble word!

Verb

1. Solicit votes from potential voters in an electoral campaign

2. Get the opinions (of people) by asking specific questions

3. Cover with canvas

4. Consider in detail and subject to an analysis in order to discover essential features or meaning

Noun

1. A heavy, closely woven fabric (used for clothing or chairs or sails or tents)

2. An oil painting on canvas fabric

3. The setting for a narrative or fictional or dramatic account

4. A tent made of canvas fabric

5. A large piece of fabric (usually canvas fabric) by means of which wind is used to propel a sailing vessel

6. The mat that forms the floor of the ring in which boxers or professional wrestlers compete