Canopy \Can"o*py\ (k[a^]n"[-o]*p[y^]), n.; pl. Canopies
   (-p[i^]z). [OE. canapie, F. canap['e] sofa, OF. conop['e]e,
   conopeu, conopieu, canopy, vail, pavilion (cf. It. canop[`e]
   canopy, sofa), LL. conopeum a bed with mosquito curtains, fr.
   Gr. kwnwpei^on, fr. kw`nwps gnat, kw`nos cone + 'w`ps 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.
      [1913 Webster]

   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.
          [1913 Webster]

	

	Canopy \Can"o*py\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Canopes; p. pr. & vb.
   n. Canopying.]
   To cover with, or as with, a canopy. "A bank with ivy
   canopied." --Milton.
   [1913 Webster]

	

	canopy
     n 1: the transparent covering of an aircraft cockpit
     2: the umbrella-like part of a parachute that fills with air
     3: a covering (usually of cloth) that serves as a roof to
        shelter an area from the weather
     v : cover with a canopy
     [also: canopied]

	

	113 Moby Thesaurus words for "canopy":
   Caelus, air, altar carpet, altar cloth, antimacassar, apply to,
   awning, azure, baldacchino, baldachin, belvedere, blanket, blind,
   block, blue sky, caelum, canopy of heaven, centerpiece, cerecloth,
   cerement, cerulean, chrismal, ciborium, cloak, cloth, clothe,
   cloud, cope, corporal, cover, cover up, cowl, cozy, curtain, doily,
   dossal, eclipse, empyrean, ether, fanon, film, fingerstall,
   firmament, gazebo, hat, heaven, heavens, hood, housing, hyaline,
   jalousie, lamp shade, lay on, lay over, lift, lifts, mantle,
   marquee, marquise, mask, muffle, obduce, obscure, occult, overlay,
   overspread, pall, parasol, pavilion, pith helmet, pledget, purdah,
   put on, roof, scarf, screen, scum, shade, shade tree, sheet,
   shield, shroud, shutter, sky, smoke screen, spread over,
   starry heaven, summerhouse, sun hat, sun helmet, sunbonnet,
   sunshade, superimpose, superpose, tablecloth, tarpaulin, tent,
   tester, the blue, the blue serene, tidy, topee, umbrella, vault,
   vault of heaven, veil, veiling, venetian blind, visor, welkin,
   window curtain, window screen, window shade

	

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