awning

Etymology

1615-25 (nautical sense only); from *awn +‎ -ing, reduction of Middle French auvans (“sloping roof”), from Old French anvant (1180), from Gaulish *an(de)bannā (“eaves”) (compare Occitan ambans (“parapet”)), from of *ande- (intensive prefix) (compare Welsh an-, Old Irish ind-) + *bandā (“horn; peak”) (compare Welsh ban, Irish beann).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈɔːnɪŋ/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈɔnɪŋ/
• (cot–caught merger, Canada) IPA^(key): /ˈɑnɪŋ/
• Rhymes: -ɔːnɪŋ

Noun

awning (plural awnings)

1. A rooflike cover, usually of canvas, extended over or before any place as a shelter from the sun, rain, or wind.
2. (nautical) That part of the poop deck which is continued forward beyond the bulkhead of the cabin.

Anagrams

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