Crossword clues for canopies
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Canopy \Can"o*py\ (k[a^]n"[-o]*p[y^]), n.; pl. Canopies (-p[i^]z). [OE. canapie, F. canap['e] sofa, OF. conop['e]e, conopeu, conopieu, canopy, vail, pavilion (cf. It. canop[`e] canopy, sofa), LL. conopeum a bed with mosquito curtains, fr. Gr. kwnwpei^on, fr. kw`nwps gnat, kw`nos cone + 'w`ps face. See Cone, and Optic.]
A covering fixed over a bed, dais, or the like, or carried on poles over an exalted personage or a sacred object, etc. chiefly as a mark of honor. ``Golden canopies and beds of state.''
--Dryden.-
(Arch.)
An ornamental projection, over a door, window, niche, etc.
Also, a rooflike covering, supported on pillars over an altar, a statue, a fountain, etc.
Wiktionary
n. (plural of canopy English)
Usage examples of "canopies".
The plan was for the team to free-fall to 25,000 feet, open their canopies, assemble in the air, and fly to the target landing zone.
The plans called for the men to free-fall to 25,000 feet, open their canopies, assemble in the air, and glide to the target landing zone.
If he had a malfunction and jettisoned his main canopy, he should be somewhere below the stick of canopies heading toward the assembly area, suspended beneath his reserve canopy.
Cleary looked ahead and down, satisfied that the stair-step formation was tight and the new-model canopies were exceeding all expectations for glide and stability.
The stick of canopies immediately behind him followed suit, turning on the same imaginary point in the sky as Sharpsburg.
Too, like the roof of a greenhouse, the lush green canopies of the rain forest tend to hold this moisture within.
The highest level or zone is that of the “emergents,” that of those trees which have thrust themselves up above the dense canopies below them.
The canopy, or zone of the canopies, ranges from about sixty to one hundred and twenty-five feet high, Gorean measure.
The first zone extends from the ground to the beginning of the canopies above, some sixty feet in height, Gorean measure.
In the second level, that of the canopies, is found an incredible variety of birds, Warblers, finches, mindars, the crested lit and the common lit, the fruit tindel, the yellow gim, tanagers, some varieties of parrot, and many more.
In the lower portion of the canopies, too, can be found heavier birds, such as the ivory-billed woodpecker and the umbrella bird.
This is the result of the denseness of the overhead canopies, because of which the ground is much shaded, the factor which tends to Inhibit and limit ground growth.
They dropped with their cargo onto another two canopies directly below.
The partly inflated canopies were rolling back and forth in the brisk wind.
Twin F-16-type canopies were set side-by-side two-thirds of the way back from the sharp-pointed double prows.