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[aw-ning]

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noun

a rooflike shelter of canvas or other material extending over a doorway, from the top of a window, over a deck, etc., in order to provide protection, as from the sun.
a shelter.

Origin of awning

First recorded in 1615–25; origin uncertain

Related formsawn·inged, adjective

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Related Words for awning

covering, tent, shelter, protection, shade, marquee, sunshade

Examples from the Web for awning

Contemporary Examples of awning

During the protests last year, some students climbed on top of the awning and wrote graffiti all over it.
This Cairo College Campus Is Now a 'Warzone'
Jonathan Krohn
February 18, 2014

Historical Examples of awning

An awning from the house door to the curbstone, and a policeman!
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Mary Roberts Rinehart
He said this was no way to treat volunteers, and proposed that we should "unship the awning."
Ned Myers
James Fenimore Cooper
He turned his back deliberately and walked to his own awning.
The Cruise of the Dry Dock
T. S. Stribling
And, indeed, patches of darkness had for a moment been passing above the awning of the roof.
His Masterpiece
Emile Zola
Outside on the poop-deck he found Asad alone now with Marzak under the awning.
The Sea-Hawk
Raphael Sabatini

British Dictionary definitions for awning

awning

noun

a roof of canvas or other material supported by a frame to provide protection from the weather, esp one placed over a doorway or part of a deck of a ship

Word Origin for awning

C17: of uncertain origin

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Word Origin and History for awning

1624, origin uncertain (first recorded use is by Capt. John Smith), perhaps from Middle French auvans, plural of auvent "a sloping roof," "itself of doubtful etym[ology]" (OED). A nautical term only until sense of "cover for windows or porch" emerged 1852.