canopy
/ˈkæ.nə.pi/ noun, verb
Forms canopies canopying canopied
- noun (bedding) A high cover providing shelter, such as a cloth supported above an object, particularly over a bed.
- noun (architecture) Any overhanging or projecting roof structure, typically over entrances or doors.
- noun (ecology, forestry) The zone of the highest foliage and branches of a forest.
- noun (aeronautics) In an airplane, the transparent cockpit cover.
- noun (aviation) In a parachute, the cloth that fills with air and thus limits the falling speed.
- verb (transitive) To cover with or as if with a canopy.
- verb (intransitive) To go through the canopy of a forest on a zipline.
Etymology
From Middle English canapy, canepie, canapee, canape, canope, from Old French conopé, Medieval Latin canapeum, canopeum, from Latin cōnōpēum (“mosquito net, canopy”), from Ancient Greek κωνωπεῖον (kōnōpeîon, “mosquito net”), from Ancient Greek κώνωψ (kṓnōps, “mosquito”), of uncertain origin. More at Ancient Greek κώνωψ (kṓnōps). Doublet of canapé and conopeum.
Webster’s 1913
- noun A covering fixed over a bed, dais, or the like, or carried on poles over an exalted personage or a sacred object, etc. chiefly as a mark of honor. "Golden canoniec and beds of state." Dryden.
- noun (a) An ornamental projection, over a door, window, niche, etc. (b) Also, a roofike covering, supported on pilars over an altar, a statue, a fountain, etc.
- verb To cover with, or as with, a canopy. "A bank with ivy canopied." Milton.
Etymology [Oe. canopie, F. canopésofa, Of canopée, canopeu, canopieu, canopy, vail, pavilion (cf. It. canepècanopy, sofa), LL. canopeum a bed with mosquito curtains, fr. Gr. Cone, and Optic.]
Sources: Wiktionary · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “canopy”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details