Awning

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Awning \Awn"ing\ ([add]n"[i^]ng), n. [Origin uncertain: cf. F.
     auvent awing, or Pers. [=a]wan, [=a]wang, anything suspended,
     or LG. havening a place sheltered from wind and weather, E.
     haven.]
     1. A rooflike cover, usually of canvas, extended over or
        before any place as a shelter from the sun, rain, or wind.


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     2. (Naut.) That part of the poop deck which is continued
        forward beyond the bulkhead of the cabin.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  awning
       n : a canopy made of canvas to shelter people or things from
           rain or sun [syn: {sunshade}, {sunblind}]