Awning

Word AWNING
Character 6
Hyphenation awn ing
Pronunciations /ˈɑnɪŋ/

Definitions and meanings of "Awning"

What do we mean by awning?

A rooflike structure, often made of canvas or plastic, that serves as a shelter, as over a storefront, window, door, or deck. noun

A movable roof-like covering of canvas or other cloth spread over any place, or in front of a window, door, etc., as a protection from the sun's rays. noun

A rooflike cover, usually of canvas, extended over or before any place as a shelter from the sun, rain, or wind. noun

That part of the poop deck which is continued forward beyond the bulkhead of the cabin. noun

A rooflike cover, usually of canvas, extended over or before any place as a shelter from the sun, rain, or wind. noun

That part of the poop deck which is continued forward beyond the bulkhead of the cabin. noun

A canopy made of canvas to shelter people or things from rain or sun 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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The word "awning" in example sentences

The awning is dusty and worn and the two windows facing the street are obscured with neon beer signs. ❋ Unknown (2010)

And that reminds me that the decorum of sea-bathing in the 'fifties was promoted by the apparatus known as the awning, attached to bathing machines. ❋ Charles Larcom (1921)

In Tehuantepec, tianguis - street markets, named for the Nahuatl word for "awning" - are held on Sundays and Wednesdays. ❋ Unknown (2006)

The awning is a new addition, a nod to the changing demographic of the nabe. ❋ Brooks Of Sheffield (2007)

Beneath the awning was a yellow wooden door with no knob, just a covered steel slot at eye level. ❋ Mezrich, Ben, 1969- (2004)

Next to the van beneath the awning was a mass of machinery, man-high wheels and pulleys and a clattering steam engine, and Cicero saw that it was drawing in the upper pair of cables, and paying out the lower. ❋ Unknown (2004)

For the last, he vividly tells us, Wee did hang an awning, which is an old saile, to three or foure trees to shadow us from the Sunne; our walls were railes of wood; our seates unhewed trees till we cut plankes; our Pulpit a bar of wood nailed to two neighbouring trees. ❋ Benson Bobrick (1997)

When it rains, I shove out an awning, which is mighty good business. ❋ Unknown (1918)

Under the awning was a glimpse of light draperies, and, as Pietro's gondola drew near, the young men could hear a fresh, girlish voice reading aloud. ❋ Anna Fuller (1884)

"The arm of the awning is the only thing that stopped it hitting us." ❋ Miranda Bryant (2011)

Starz drama "Boss" also filmed earlier this summer, the awning is a replica of the entryway that once adorned the original Playboy Club in the early 1960s at its 116 E. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Meredith glanced up and saw a couple of metallic hooks, she guessed to fix some kind of awning to keep the sun off. ❋ Mosse, Kate (2007)

At Arthur's suggestion, we disengaged the now useless sail from the mast, and contrived a kind of awning, by fastening two of the oars upright in the boat, with the mast extending between them, throwing the sail over the latter, and securing the ends to the gunwales. ❋ Richard Archer (N/A)

In the centre was a kind of awning or cabin of palm-leaves, after the manner of those in the gondolas of Venice, and sufficiently close to exclude both sun and rain. ❋ Irving, Washington, 1783-1859 (1892)

The broken timbers of the old bridge projected from the bank a short distance above the camp; a piece of weather-stained canvas stretched over them formed a kind of awning shading the rocks below, where the Chinese cook of the camp sat impassively fishing. ❋ Mary Hallock Foote (1892)

If I attempted to describe it I should call it a divan, under a gorgeous kind of awning ornamented with Chinese figures in ivory and precious stones. ❋ Theodore Watts-Dunton (1873)

Here a large open space, usually known as the "awning," forms an excellent lounging-place for the male passengers. ❋ Mayne Reid (1850)

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