awning
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.
awninged
-
a word derived from
awning.
Example Sentences
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In their rich, paneled offices off an awninged terrace overlooking the Hudson in downtown Manhattan, officials of the Dutch diamond firm of J. K. Smit & Sons were solemn last week.
From Time Magazine Archive
The awninged thrift shop not only sells inexpensive goods but provides free emergency food.
From Time Magazine Archive
They sat at ease on the awninged after-deck, a wicker table between them convivial with decanters and their recognized appurtenances, like two old friends met for a happy reunion.
From Captivating Mary Carstairs by Raymond Moreau Crosby
Nightfall found Mac and his section with an awninged platform, six feet square and three feet high and partially walled, but far from shrapnel proof and never likely to be.
From The Tale of a Trooper by Clutha N. (Clutha Nantes) Mackenzie
Mountain and ocean, awninged gardens and breeze-swept deck: those solaces are not for these.
From V. V.'s Eyes by Henry Sydnor Harrison
