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awning
/ˈɔnɪŋ/
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What does awning mean?
noun
- A rooflike cover, usually of canvas, extended over or before any place as a shelter from the sun, rain, or wind.
- That part of the poop deck which is continued forward beyond the bulkhead of the cabin.
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An awning was stretched, too, over the top, to screen the old man from the hot rays of the sun.
The wind blew away the awning and mats, and lashed the waters into foam, the waves rising to a great height.
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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.
An awning above their heads protected them from the heat of the sun, and the breeze which the boat made aired them softly.
In like manner are "playthings of various kinds" hung to the awning of the birch-bark cradles found in the Yukon region of Alaska.