Hypertext Webster Gateway: "canopies"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
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.
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