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Entry 3 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Canopy

/(kăn"ō̇*py̆)/ · Can·o·py · IPA /ˈkæ.nə.pi/
01 n. A covering fixed over a bed, dais, or the like, or carried on poles over an exalted personage or a sacred object, etc. chiefly as a mark of…
pl. Canopies ((-pĭz))
  1. 1.
    A covering fixed over a bed, dais, or the like, or carried on poles over an exalted personage or a sacred object, etc. chiefly as a mark of honor.
  2. 2.
    An ornamental projection, over a door, window, niche, etc.(Arch.)
02 v. t. To cover with, or as with, a canopy.
imp. & p. p. Canopes; p. pr. & vb. n. Canopying
  1. 1.
    To cover with, or as with, a canopy.