canopied

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English

Etymology

canopy +‎ -ed

Adjective

canopied (not comparable)

  1. 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, The Line of Beauty, Bloomsbury, 2005, Chapter 8,
      He slept there from time to time, in the fantasy of the canopied bed, with its countless pillows.

Verb

canopied

  1. simple past and past participle of canopy