canopied
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Adjective
[edit]canopied (not comparable)
- covered overhead with (or as if with) a canopy.
- 1854, Edward Lewes Cutts, An Essay on Church Furniture and Decoration, London: John Crockford, “Wood-Work,” pp. 32-3,[1]
- In the seal of Edward III. and Richard II. the king is seated in a niche, which is canopied and pinnacled in the usual style of niches in architectural work.
- 2004, Alan Hollinghurst, chapter 8, in The Line of Beauty […], 1st US edition, New York, N.Y.: Bloomsbury Publishing, →ISBN:
- He slept there from time to time, in the fantasy of the canopied bed, with its countless pillows.
- 1854, Edward Lewes Cutts, An Essay on Church Furniture and Decoration, London: John Crockford, “Wood-Work,” pp. 32-3,[1]
Derived terms
[edit]Verb
[edit]canopied
- simple past and past participle of canopy