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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Awning \Awn"ing\, n. [Origin uncertain: cf F. auvent awing, or
Pers. [=a]wan, [=a]wang, anything suspended, or LG havening
a place sheltered from wind and weather, E. haven.]
1. A rooflike cover, usually of canvas, extended over or
before any place as a shelter from the sun, rain, or wind.
2. (Naut.) That part of the poop deck which is continued
forward beyond the bulkhead of the cabin.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
awning
n : a canopy made of canvas to shelter people or things from
rain or sun [syn: {sunshade}, {sunblind}]
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