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English

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Platformcanopies at Clapham Junction station, London (2)

Etymology

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FromMiddle Englishcanapy,canepie,canapee,canape,canope, fromOld Frenchconopé,Medieval Latincanapeum,canopeum, fromLatincōnōpēum(mosquito net, canopy), fromAncient Greekκωνωπεῖον(kōnōpeîon,mosquito net), fromAncient Greekκώνωψ(kṓnōps,mosquito), of uncertain origin. More atAncient Greekκώνωψ(kṓnōps).Doublet ofcanapé andconopeum.

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Noun

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canopy (pluralcanopies)

Canopy walkway inRwanda (3).
  1. A high cover providing shelter, such as a cloth supported above an object, particularly over a bed.
    • 1847,John Dryden,The Works of John Dryden in Verse and Prose, volume 1,Harper, The Beginning of the Second Book of Lucretius:
      goldencanopies and beds of state
    • 2019 October, “Consultation on University Station designs”, inModern Railways, page17:
      Platforms would be widened and covered bycanopies with heated waiting areas for passengers.
  2. Anyoverhanging orprojecting roof structure, typically over entrances or doors.
  3. The zone of the highestfoliage and branches of a forest.
  4. In anairplane, the transparentcockpitcover.
  5. In aparachute, the cloth that fills with air and thus limits the falling speed.

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Translations

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high cover
overhanging or projecting roof structure
highest foliage and branches of a forest
transparent cockpit cover
parachute cloth

Verb

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canopy (third-person singular simple presentcanopies,present participlecanopying,simple past and past participlecanopied)

  1. (transitive) Tocover with or as if with a canopy.
    • c.1601–1602 (date written),William Shakespeare, “Twelfe Night, or What You Will”, inMr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies [] (First Folio), London: [] Isaac Iaggard, andEd[ward] Blount, published1623,→OCLC,[Act I, scene i]:
      Away before me to sweet beds of flowers:
      Love-thoughts lie rich whencanopied with bowers.
    • 1634 October 9 (first performance), [John Milton], edited byH[enry] Lawes,A Maske Presented at Ludlow Castle, 1634: [] [Comus], London: [] [Augustine Matthews] forHvmphrey Robinson, [], published1637,→OCLC; reprinted asComus: [] (Dodd, Mead & Company’s Facsimile Reprints of Rare Books; Literature Series; no. I), New York, N.Y.:Dodd, Mead & Company,1903,→OCLC, lines543-5:
      I sat me down to watch upon a bank
      With ivycanopied, and interwove
      With flaunting honeysuckle[]
    • 1816 June –1817 April/May (date written), [Mary Shelley], chapter 11, inFrankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus. [], volume(please specify |volume=I to III), London: [] [Macdonald and Son] for Lackington, Hughes, Harding, Mavor, & Jones, published 1 January 1818,→OCLC:
      I began also to observe, with greater accuracy, the forms that surrounded me, and to perceive the boundaries of the radiant roof of light whichcanopied me.
    • 1850,The Madras Journal of Literature and Science, Vol. XVI, No. 38, Vepery: J.P. Bantleman, p. 366,[1]
      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 azipline.
    • 2013, Tara Morris, “Canopying In Rio Claro,” colombiareports.com, 11 March, 2013,[2]
      If you’re looking for a little adventure in Colombia, look no further thancanopying through Rio Claro’s lush, secluded jungle, located just five hours bus ride from either Medellin or Bogota.

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Spanish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Unadapted borrowing fromEnglishcanopy.

Noun

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canopy m (uncountable)

  1. (Caribbean, Chile)Synonym oftirolina(zipline)

Usage notes

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According toRoyal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.

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