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Webster 1913 Edition

Canopy

Can′o-py

(kăn′ō̍-py̆)
,
Noun.
;
pl.
Canopies
(-pĭz)
.
[OE.
canapie
, F.
canapé
sofa, OF.
conopée
,
conopeu
,
conopieu
, canopy, vail, pavilion (cf. It.
canopè
canopy, sofa), LL.
conopeum
a bed with mosquito curtains, fr. Gr.
κωνωπεῖον
, fr.
κώνωψ
gnat,
κώνοσ
cone +
ὤψ
face. See
Cone
, and
Optic
.]
1.
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 canopies and beds of state.”
Dryden.
2.
(Arch.)
(a)
An ornamental projection, over a door, window, niche, etc.
(b)
Also, a rooflike covering, supported on pillars over an altar, a statue, a fountain, etc.

Can′o-py

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Canopes
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Canopying
.]
To cover with, or as with, a canopy.
“A bank with ivy canopied.”
Milton.

Webster 1828 Edition

Canopy

CANOPY

,
Noun.
1.
A covering over a throne, or over a bed; more generally, a covering over the head. So the sky is called a canopy, and a canopy is borne over the head in processions.
2.
In architecture and sculpture, a magnificent decoration serving to cover and crown an altar, throne, tribunal, pulpit, chair or the like.

CANOPY

,
Verb.
T.
To cover with a canopy.

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