canopy Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the transparent covering of an aircraft cockpit
  2. noun the umbrellalike part of a parachute that fills with air
  3. noun a covering (usually of cloth) that serves as a roof to shelter an area from the weather
  4. verb cover with a canopy

WordNet

Can"o*py noun
Etymology
Oe. canopie, F. canopésofa, Of canopée, canopeu, canopieu, canopy, vail, pavilion (cf. It. canepècanopy, sofa), LL. canopeum a bed with mosquito curtains, fr. Gr. , fr. gnat, cone + face. See Cone, and Optic.
Wordforms
plural Canopies
Definitions
  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 canoniec and beds of state." Dryden.
  2. (Arch.) (a) An ornamental projection, over a door, window, niche, etc. (b) Also, a roofike covering, supported on pilars over an altar, a statue, a fountain, etc.
Can"o*py transitive verb
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Canopes ; present participle & verbal noun Canopying
Definitions
  1. To cover with, or as with, a canopy. "A bank with ivy canopied." Milton.

Webster 1913