canopy
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle English canope, from Latin cōnōpēum (“curtain”) (ultimately from Ancient Greek κωνωπεῖον (kōnōpeîon)), through Medieval Latin canopeum, or possibly Old French conope, conopé (compare modern French canapé).
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Noun[edit]
canopy (plural canopies)
Canopy walkway in Rwanda (3).
- A high cover providing shelter, such as a cloth supported above an object, particularly over a bed.
- (Can we date this quote by Dryden and provide title, author's full name, and other details?)
- golden canopies and beds of state
- 2019 October, “Consultation on University Station designs”, in Modern Railways, page 17:
- Platforms would be widened and covered by canopies with heated waiting areas for passengers.
- (Can we date this quote by Dryden and provide title, author's full name, and other details?)
- 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.
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Translations[edit]
high cover
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overhanging or projecting roof structure
highest foliage and branches of a forest
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transparent cockpit cover
parachute cloth
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Verb[edit]
canopy (third-person singular simple present canopies, present participle canopying, simple past and past participle canopied)
- (transitive) To cover with or as if with a canopy.
- c. 1599, William Shakespeare, Twelfth Night, Act I, Scene 1,[1]
- Away before me to sweet beds of flowers:
- Love-thoughts lie rich when canopied with bowers.
- 1634, John Milton, Comus, lines 543-5,[2]
- I sat me down to watch upon a bank
- With ivy canopied, and interwove
- With flaunting honeysuckle […]
- 1818, Mary Shelley, Franklenstein, Chapter 11,[3]
- 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,[4]
- 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,[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,[5]
- 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,[5]
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Noun[edit]
canopy m (uncountable)
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