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awning [ˈɔːnɪŋ] n
(Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Architecture) a roof of canvas or other material supported by a frame to provide protection from the weather, esp one placed over a doorway or part of a deck of a ship [of uncertain origin] ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
awning Translations awning n (on window, of shop) → Markise f; (on boat) → Sonnensegel nt; (of wagon) → Plane f; (= caravan awning) → Vordach nt How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Boggs rode up before the biggest store in town, and bent his head down so he could see under the curtain of the awning and yells: So it is that I can see her and hear her now on a hundred separate occasions beneath the awning beneath the stars on deck below at noon or night but plainest of all in the evening of the day we signalled the Island of Ascension, at the close of that last concert on the quarter-deck. For five minutes the two stood in the shelter of the store awning and talked. |
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