Awning

Pronunciation

• UK IPA: /ˈɔːnɪŋ/
• US IPA: /ˈɔːnɪŋ/, /ˈɑːnɪŋ/
• Rhymes: -ɔːnɪŋ

Origin

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- (compare Welsh an-, Old Irish ind-) + *bandā ("horn; peak") (compare Welsh ban, Irish beann).

Full definition of awning

Noun

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

• waning