Definition of "canopy"

canopy

/ˈkæ.nə.pi/

noun
plural canopies
1. A high cover providing shelter, such as a cloth supported above an object, particularly over a bed.
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  golden canopies and beds of state
  1847, John Dryden, The Works of John Dryden in Verse and Prose, volume 1, Harper, The Beginning of the Second Book of Lucretius
  Platforms would be widened and covered by canopies with heated waiting areas for passengers.
  2019 October, “Consultation on University Station designs”, in Modern Railways, page 17
2. Any overhanging or projecting roof structure, typically over entrances or doors.
3. The zone of the highest foliage and branches of a forest.
4. In an airplane, the transparent cockpit cover.
5. In a parachute, the cloth that fills with air and thus limits the falling speed.
6. The vault of heavens, the firmament in ancient cosmology and in later scientific theory related to the Biblical Book of Genesis.
verb
third-person singular simple present canopies, present participle canopying, simple past and past participle canopied
1. (transitive) To cover with or as if with a canopy.
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  Away before me to sweet beds of flowers:Love-thoughts lie rich when canopied with bowers.
  c. 1601–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “Twelfe Night, or What You Will”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, [Act I, scene i]
  I sat me down to watch upon a bankWith ivy canopied, and interwoveWith flaunting honeysuckle […]
  1634 October 9 (first performance), [John Milton], edited by H[enry] Lawes, A Maske Presented at Ludlow Castle, 1634: […], London: […] [Augustine Matthews] for Hvmphrey Robinson, […], published 1637; reprinted as Comus: […] (Dodd, Mead & Company’s Facsimile Reprints of Rare Books; Literature Series; no. I), New York, N.Y.: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1903, lines 543-5
  I began also to observe, with greater accuracy, the forms that surrounded me, and to perceive the boundaries of the radiant roof of light which canopied me.
  1818, [Mary Shelley], chapter 11, in Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus. […], volumes (please specify |volume=I to III), London: […] [Macdonald and Son] for Lackington, Hughes, Harding, Mavor, & Jones
  The walls of the vestibule and passage passing round the sanctuary, are covered with compartments holding high reliefs of Buddha seated on a lotus, the stem of which is grasped by two figures wearing wigs and tiaras, canopied by snakes; […]
  1850, The Madras Journal of Literature and Science, Vol. XVI, No. 38, Vepery: J.P. Bantleman, p. 366
2. (intransitive) To go through the canopy of a forest on a zipline.
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  If you’re looking for a little adventure in Colombia, look no further than canopying through Rio Claro’s lush, secluded jungle, located just five hours bus ride from either Medellin or Bogota.
  2013, Tara Morris, “Canopying In Rio Claro,” colombiareports.com, 11 March, 2013

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