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awning

/ˈɔnɪŋ/

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What does awning mean?

noun

  1. A rooflike cover, usually of canvas, extended over or before any place as a shelter from the sun, rain, or wind.
  2. That part of the poop deck which is continued forward beyond the bulkhead of the cabin.

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/ˈɔnɪŋ/

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An awning was stretched, too, over the top, to screen the old man from the hot rays of the sun.
Charles DickensPictures from ItalyProject Gutenberg ebook #650
The wind blew away the awning and mats, and lashed the waters into foam, the waves rising to a great height.
Henry Walter BatesThe Naturalist on the River AmazonsProject Gutenberg ebook #2440
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Adam Bede in one hand, a sketch-book in the other, lying on rugs under an awning, I enjoyed a very pleasant day.
Robert Louis StevensonMemoir of Fleeming JenkinProject Gutenberg ebook #698
An awning above their heads protected them from the heat of the sun, and the breeze which the boat made aired them softly.
Virginia WoolfThe Voyage OutProject Gutenberg ebook #144
In like manner are "playthings of various kinds" hung to the awning of the birch-bark cradles found in the Yukon region of Alaska.
Alexander Francis ChamberlainThe Child and Childhood in Folk-Thought Studies of the Activities and Influences of the Child Among Primitive Peoples, Their Analogues and Survivals in the Civilization of To-DayProject Gutenberg ebook #7966