awning
1615-25 (nautical sense only); from *awn + -ing, reduction of Middle French auvans ("sloping roof"), from Old French anvant (1180), from cel-gau *an(de)bannā (compare Occitan ambans), from of *ande- (compare Welsh an-, Irish, Old (to 900) ind-) + *bandā ("horn; peak") (compare Welsh ban, Irish beann). Pronunciation Noun
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1615-25 (nautical sense only); from *awn + -ing, reduction of Middle French auvans ("sloping roof"), from Old French anvant (1180), from cel-gau *an(de)bannā (compare Occitan ambans), from of *ande- (compare Welsh an-, Irish, Old (to 900) ind-) + *bandā ("horn; peak") (compare Welsh ban, Irish beann). Pronunciation 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.
- German: Sonnenschutz
- Russian: наве́с
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