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2 definitions found 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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