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
  • (RP) IPA: /ˈɔːnɪŋ/
  • (GA) IPA: /ˈɔnɪŋ/
  • (cot-caught, Canada) IPA: /ˈɑnɪŋ/
Noun

awning (plural awnings)

  1. A rooflike cover, usually of canvas, extended over or before any place as a shelter from the sun, rain, or wind.
  2. (nautical) That part of the poop deck which is continued forward beyond the bulkhead of the cabin.
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