- Canvas support - Request (aid) - Seek after - Tout - To ask from with earnestness; to make petition to; to
apply to for obtaining something; as, to solicit person for alms. - To endeavor to obtain; to seek; to plead for; as, to
solicit an office; to solicit a favor. - To awake or excite to action; to rouse desire in; to
summon; to appeal to; to invite.
- A band for the breast. Specifically: (Naut.) A band of
canvas, or a rope, fastened at both ends to the rigging, to support the
man who heaves the lead in sounding.