CANOPY

canopy

(noun) a covering (usually of cloth) that serves as a roof to shelter an area from the weather

canopy

(noun) the umbrellalike part of a parachute that fills with air

canopy

(noun) the transparent covering of an aircraft cockpit

canopy

(verb) cover with a canopy

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Noun

canopy (plural canopies)

A high cover providing shelter, such as a cloth supported above an object, particularly over a bed.

Any overhanging or projecting roof structure, typically over entrances or doors.

The zone of the highest foliage and branches of a forest.

In an airplane, the transparent cockpit cover.

In a parachute, the cloth that fills with air and thus limits the falling speed.

Verb

canopy (third-person singular simple present canopies, present participle canopying, simple past and past participle canopied)

(transitive) To cover with or as if with a canopy.

(intransitive) To go through the canopy of a forest on a zipline.

Source: Wiktionary

Can"o*py, n.; pl. Canopies. Etym: [Oe. canopie, F. canopésofa, Of canopée, canopeu, canopieu, canopy, vail, pavilion (cf. It. canepècanopy, sofa), LL. canopeum a bed with mosquito curtains, fr. Gr. Cone, and Optic.]

1. A covering fixed over a bed, dais, or the like, or carried on poles over an exalted personage or a sacred object, etc. chiefly as a mark of honor. "Golden canoniec and beds of state." Dryden.

2. (Arch.) (a) An ornamental projection, over a door, window, niche, etc. (b) Also, a roofike covering, supported on pilars over an altar, a statue, a fountain, etc.

Can"o*py, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Canopes; p. pr. & vb. n. Canopying.]

Definition: To cover with, or as with, a canopy. "A bank with ivy canopied." Milton.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition