Definition of "parasol"

parasol

/ˈpæɹəˌsɒl/

noun
plural parasols
1. A small light umbrella used as protection from the sun.
2. A miniature paper umbrella used as a decoration in tropical-themed cocktails.
3. A sun umbrella for garden use etc., mounted on a stand; these can be foldable and demountable.
4. (architecture) A roof or covering of a structure designed to provide cover from wind, rain, or sun.
5. Any of various Asian species of libellulid dragonfly of the genus Neurothemis.
6. The parasol mushroom, Macrolepiota procera
verb
third-person singular simple present parasols, present participle parasoling or parasolling, simple past and past participle parasoled or parasolled
1. (transitive) To protect with, or as if with, a parasol; to shade.
  Quotations
  Now old ladies, who dare venture a-shopping, go parasolling their withered perfections along, and entertain a decided dread of injuring the immaterial whiteness of their skins, which have ceased to he compared to "lilies" and "snows," and other sonnet-like similes, for more than thirty summers […]
  1826, The Monthly Magazine, page 161
  […] the buffaloes in the mire, and rows of trees parasolling houses along the waterways.
  2013, Geoff Ryman, The King's Last Song, page 19