AWNING

awning, sunshade, sunblind

(noun) a canopy made of canvas to shelter people or things from rain or sun

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

awning (plural awnings)

A rooflike cover, usually of canvas, extended over or before any place as a shelter from the sun, rain, or wind.

(nautical) That part of the poop deck which is continued forward beyond the bulkhead of the cabin.

Anagrams

• Angwin, waning

Source: Wiktionary

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Awn"ing, n. Etym: [Origin uncertain: cf. F. auvent awing, or Pers. awan, awang, anything suspended, or LG. havening a place sheltered from wind and weather, E. haven.]

1. A rooflike cover, usually of canvas, extended over or before any place as a shelter from the sun, rain, or wind.

2. (Naut.) That part of the poop deck which is continued forward beyond the bulkhead of the cabin.

AWN

Awn, n. Etym: [OE. awn, agune, from Icel. ögn, pl. agnir; akin to Sw. agn, Dan. avne, Goth. ahana, OHG. agana, G. agen, ahne, chaff, Gr. egla; prob. from same root as E. acute. See 3d Ear. (Bot.)

Definition: The bristle or beard of barley, oats, grasses, etc., or any similar bristlelike appendage; arista. Gray.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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