Hypertext Webster Gateway: "awning"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Awning \Awn"ing\, n. [Origin uncertain: cf. F. auvent awing, or
Pers. [=a]wan, [=a]wang, anything suspended, or LG. havening
a place sheltered from wind and weather, E. haven.]
1. A rooflike cover, usually of canvas, extended over or
before any place as a shelter from the sun, rain, or wind.
2. (Naut.) That part of the poop deck which is continued
forward beyond the bulkhead of the cabin.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
awning
n : a canopy made of canvas to shelter people or things from
rain or sun [syn: {sunshade}, {sunblind}]
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