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Definition of Awning
1. Noun. A canopy made of canvas to shelter people or things from rain or sun.
Definition of Awning
1. n. A rooflike cover, usually of canvas, extended over or before any place as a shelter from the sun, rain, or wind.
Definition of Awning
1. Noun. A rooflike cover, usually of canvas, extended over or before any place as a shelter from the sun, rain, or wind. ¹
2. Noun. (nautical) That part of the poop deck which is continued forward beyond the bulkhead of the cabin. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Awning
1. a rooflike canvas cover [n -S] : AWNINGED [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Awning
| awlwort awlworts awm awmous awmrie awmries awmry awms awn awncient | awned awner awners awnier awniest awning (current term) awning deck awning window awninged awnings | awnless awns awntient awny awoke awoken awols awork aworking |
Literary usage of Awning
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Steel Ships: Their Construction and Maintenance : a Manual for Shipbuilders by Thomas Walton (1908)
"It is not surprising, therefore, that a great change has taken place in the modern
awning deck steamer, which, in construction, is practically identical ..."
2. Merchant Vessels by Robert Riegel (1921)
"Sometimes the awning deck does not extend the full length of the vessel. ...
Where the partial awning deck is brought in harmony structurally with the ..."
3. Wilson's Photographics: A Series of Lessons, Accompanied by Notes, on All by Edward Livingston Wilson (1881)
"My awning-frame is made of one and a quarter inch galvanized iron pipe, ...
The awning—8} x 23 feet—is made of drilling, securely tied to the bar on the ..."
4. Building Construction and Superintendence by Frank Eugene Kidder (1915)
"OUTSIDE-BLIND awning-HINGES. Two or three types of blind-hinges have been ...
One type, the "automatic blind- awning fixture," has been very extremely used ..."
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