Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - canopy
Canopy
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n. & v. --n. (pl. -ies) 1 a a covering hung or held up over a throne, bed, person, etc. b the sky. c an overhanging shelter. 2 Archit. a rooflike projection over a niche etc. 3 the uppermost layers of foliage etc. in a forest. 4 a the expanding part of a parachute. b the cover of an aircraft's cockpit. --v.tr. (-ies, -ied) supply or be a canopy to. Etymology: ME f. med.L canopeum f. L conopeum f. Gk konopeion couch with mosquito-curtains f. konops gnat
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I. noun (plural -pies) Etymology: Middle English canope, from Medieval Latin canopeum mosquito net, from Latin conopeum, from Greek kōnōpion, from kōnōps mosquito Date: 14th century 1. a cloth covering suspended over a bed, a cover (as of cloth) fixed or carried above a person of high rank or a sacred object ; baldachin, a protective covering: as, the uppermost spreading branchy layer of a forest, awning, marquee, an ornamental rooflike structure, 3. the transparent enclosure over an airplane cockpit, the fabric part of a parachute that catches the air, II. transitive verb (-pied; -pying) Date: 1594 to cover with or as if with a ~ ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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