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A canvas sheet could make you hesitate! (3)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

jib

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This clue could be a double definition.

'a canvas' is the first definition.
(jib is a kind of canvas)

'hesitate' is the second definition.
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'sheet could make you' is the link.
I am not very happy about this link. Some or all of it may belong to one of the definitions.

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(Other definitions for jib that I've seen before include "Foresail" , "Crane's arm" , "Baulk" , "Projecting arm of crane" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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