canopy
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- (British) IPA: /ˈkæ.nə.pi/
canopy (plural canopies)
- A high cover providing shelter, such as a cloth supported above an object, particularly over a bed.
- golden canopies and beds of state
- 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.
- French: dais, baldaquin, voûte
- German: Baldachin, Himmel
- Italian: baldacchino
- Portuguese: toldo
- Russian: балдахин
- Spanish: dosel, palio, toldo
- French: marquise
- German: Vordach, Überdach, Überhang
- Portuguese: marquise
- Russian: наве́с
- Spanish: alero
- German: Kabinenhaube
- Italian: calotta, tettuccio
- Russian: фона́рь
- Spanish: parabrisas
- French: toile de parachute
- German: Fallschirmkappe
- Russian: ку́пол
- Spanish: campana
canopy
- (transitive) To cover with or as if with a canopy.
- c. 1599, William Shakespeare, Twelfth Night, Act I, Scene 1,
- Away before me to sweet beds of flowers:
- Love-thoughts lie rich when canopied with bowers.
- 1634, John Milton, Comus, lines 543-5,
- I sat me down to watch upon a bank
- With ivy canopied, and interwove
- With flaunting honeysuckle […]
- 1818, Mary Shelley, Franklenstein, Chapter 11,
- I began also to observe, with greater accuracy, the forms that surrounded me, and to perceive the boundaries of the radiant roof of light which canopied me.
- 1850, The Madras Journal of Literature and Science, Vol. XVI, No. 38, Vepery: J.P. Bantleman, p. 366,
- The walls of the vestibule and passage passing round the sanctuary, are covered with compartments holding high reliefs of Buddha seated on a lotus, the stem of which is grasped by two figures wearing wigs and tiaras, canopied by snakes; […]
- c. 1599, William Shakespeare, Twelfth Night, Act I, Scene 1,
- (intransitive) To go through the canopy of a forest on a zipline.
- 2013, Tara Morris, “Canopying In Rio Claro,” colombiareports.com, 11 March, 2013,
- If you’re looking for a little adventure in Colombia, look no further than canopying through Rio Claro’s lush, secluded jungle, located just five hours bus ride from either Medellin or Bogota.
- 2013, Tara Morris, “Canopying In Rio Claro,” colombiareports.com, 11 March, 2013,
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