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canopy (iou)



canopy noun & verb. LME.
[medieval Latin canopeum baldachin, alt. of Latin conopeum, -ium net over a bed, pavilion from Greek konopeion Egyptian bed with mosquito curtains, from konops mosquito.]
A. noun.
A covering suspended or held over a throne, bed, person, etc.; an awning. LME.
Hobbes The Popes are carried by Switzers under a Canopie.
gen. A covering, an overhanging shade or shelter, (often applied fig. to the sky). E17.
M. F. Maury A canopy of perpetual clouds. J. Masters The part of the platform sheltered by the canopy was crowded with would-be passengers. C. Sagan Thousands of stars..peppered across the canopy of night.
b. The upper branches of the trees in a forest, as forming a more or less continuous layer. E20.
Architecture. A rooflike ornamental projection over a niche, door, tomb, etc. L17.
An overhead covering forming part of the upper structure of a vehicle etc.; esp. the cover of the cockpit of an aircraft. L19.
The expanding part of a parachute. M20.
b. verb trans. Cover (as) with a canopy. Freq. as canopied ppl adjective. L16.