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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.

Definition 2024


canopy

canopy

English

Noun

canopy (plural canopies)

  1. A high cover providing shelter, such as a cloth supported above an object, particularly over a bed.
    • Dryden
      golden canopies and beds of state
  2. Any overhanging or projecting roof structure, typically over entrances or doors.
  3. The zone of the highest foliage and branches of a forest.
  4. In an airplane, the transparent cockpit cover.
  5. In a parachute, the cloth that fills with air and thus limits the falling speed.

Translations

Verb

canopy (third-person singular simple present canopies, present participle canopying, simple past and past participle canopied)

  1. (transitive) To cover with or as if with a canopy.
    • c. 1599, William Shakespeare, Twelfth Night, Act I, Scene 1,
      Away before me to sweet beds of flowers:
      Love-thoughts lie rich when canopied with bowers.
    • 1634, John Milton, Comus, lines 543-5,
      I sat me down to watch upon a bank
      With ivy canopied, and interwove
      With flaunting honeysuckle []
    • 1818, Mary Shelley, Franklenstein, Chapter 11,
      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,
      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; []
  2. (intransitive) To go through the canopy of a forest on a zipline.
    • 2013, Tara Morris, “Canopying In Rio Claro,” colombiareports.com, 11 March, 2013,
      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.

See also


Spanish

Noun

canopy m (uncountable)

  1. (Caribbean) zipline (activity)