awning

Meanings

Plural: awnings

Noun

a canopy made of canvas to shelter people or things from rain or sun
A rooflike cover, usually of canvas, extended over or before any place as a shelter from the sun, rain, or wind.
That part of the poop deck which is continued forward beyond the bulkhead of the cabin.

Origin / 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”)), form of *ande- (intensive prefix) (compare Welsh an-, Old Irish ind-) + *bandā (“horn; peak”) (compare Welsh ban, Irish beann).

Synonyms

sunblind, sunshade

Scrabble Score: 10

awning is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
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Words With Friends Score: 13

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