Results for canopy

Definitions of canopy:

part of speech: verb transitive

To cover with a canopy:- pr. p. canopying; pa. p. canopied.

part of speech: past tense, past participle

Canopied.

part of speech: noun

A covering over a throne or a bed; a covering over the head; in arch., an ornamental projection over a door, a window, & c.

part of speech: verb transitive

To cover with, or as with, an overhanging shelter.

part of speech: present participle

Canopying.

part of speech: verb transitive

To cover with a canopy.

part of speech: noun

A covering fixed above a bed, or hung over a throne; any similar covering, as the arch of the sky.

Usage examples for canopy:

• As I returned across the yard, Woodville, who still was taking his rest under the open canopy of heaven, sat up. "The Beetle A Mystery", Richard Marsh

• Too late, as the Bishop's Vicar, struck by his horse, fell screaming under its hoofs- too late, as the consecrated vessels which he had been bearing rolled in the mud, Tavannes saw that they bore the canopy and the Host! "Historical Romances: Under the Red Robe, Count Hannibal, A Gentleman of France", Stanley J. Weyman

• More- more- The violet beam spread across the canopy of blackness, supporting it against the pressing, driving rays of pale green. "The Last Evolution", John Wood Campbell

• Vnder the Canopy 3 Vnder the Canopy "Coriolanus", Shakespeare, William