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awning

noun
/ˈɔːnɪŋ/UK/ˈɔnɪŋ/US/ˈɑnɪŋ/

Etymology

1615-25 (nautical sense only); from *awn + -ing, reduction of Middle French auvans (“sloping roof”), from Old French anvant (1180), from Gaulish *an(de)bannā (“eaves”) (compare Occitan ambans (“parapet”)), form of *ande- (intensive prefix) (compare Welsh an-, Old Irish ind-) + *bandā (“horn; peak”) (compare Welsh ban, Irish beann).

  1. derived from *andebannā✻
  2. derived from anvant
  3. derived from auvans

Definitions

  1. A rooflike cover, usually of canvas, extended over or before any place as a shelter from…

    A rooflike cover, usually of canvas, extended over or before any place as a shelter from the sun, rain, or wind.

    • At Nairobi the mail waits an hour-and-a-half. The station has three long platforms, mostly covered in awnings, the island connected with the main platform (which is used by the mails in both directions) by a subway.

  2. That part of the poop deck which is continued forward beyond the bulkhead of the cabin.

The neighborhood

Derived

awninged, awning window

Vish — recursive loop

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA