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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
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