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Etymology
[edit]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).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɔːnɪŋ/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɔnɪŋ/
- (cot–caught merger) IPA(key): /ˈɑnɪŋ/
- Rhymes: -ɔːnɪŋ
Noun
[edit]awning (plural awnings)
- A rooflike cover, usually of canvas, extended over or before any place as a shelter from the sun, rain, or wind.
- 1950 April, Timothy H. Cobb, “The Kenya-Uganda Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 265:
- At Nairobi the mail waits an hour-and-a-half. The station has three long platforms, mostly covered in awnings, the island connected with the main platform (which is used by the mails in both directions) by a subway.
- 2022 December 14, Robin Leleux, “A royal occasion as heritage projects honoured: Kettering”, in RAIL, number 972, page 56:
- But instead, the distinctive ironwork and glass platform awnings have been carefully refurbished, while making them compatible with the overhead wiring. Kettering's island Platform 2/3 is especially noteworthy. Although it dates from 1879, when the station was enlarged to four platforms, the same original (1857) patterns for the delicate cast-ironwork seem to have been used - […] .
- (nautical) That part of the poop deck which is continued forward beyond the bulkhead of the cabin.
Derived terms
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[edit]Translations
[edit]a rooflike cover
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that part of the poop deck which is continued forward beyond the bulkhead of the cabin
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