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





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"Awning" Quotes from Famous Books



... remaining hours to live,—was solemn and deeply impressive. The crew were all dressed in white, as is customary in warm climates; and being arranged according to their respective divisions on the quarter-deck, with the band and the marines on the poop, and the Admiral and the officers under the poop awning, an effect was produced highly animating, solemn, and appropriate; while the meek, devotional countenance of the well-tried Admiral indicated that he derived his confidence and support from its only ...
— Memoirs and Correspondence of Admiral Lord de Saumarez, Vol. I • Sir John Ross
... details. Cherry had left them there, and was sweeping the wet, dun-coloured leaves from the old porch, in a pale shaft of sunshine, and thinking that there must be a wide railing here next summer for Martin's books, and a gay awning to be drawn or furled as Martin fancied, when a sudden step in the doorway behind her made her ...
— Sisters • Kathleen Norris
... be omitted in a general account of amphitheatres, is the awning by which spectators were protected from the overpowering heat of an Italian sun. This was called Velum, or Velarium; and it has afforded matter for a good deal of controversy, how a temporary covering could be extended over the vast areas of these buildings. Something ...
— Museum of Antiquity - A Description of Ancient Life • L. W. Yaggy
... in company was very near at hand, her people were employed mending their sails under an awning, and knew nothing of the accident until the boat ...
— Thrilling Narratives of Mutiny, Murder and Piracy • Anonymous
... Just aft of the awning, in the full sunshine, he was engaged in "posing," with the sheepish air of a person having his photograph taken, while a fresh, comely girl of sixteen stood, kodak in hand, waiting for his attitude to relax. Half a dozen spectators, elderly men and small boys, stood ...
— A Bookful of Girls • Anna Fuller


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