can ‧ o ‧ py /ˈkænəpi/ BrE AmE noun ( plural canopies ) [countable]
[ Date: 1300-1400 ; Language: Medieval Latin ; Origin: canopeum 'mosquito net' , from Greek konopion , from konops 'mosquito' ]
1 . a cover made of cloth that is fixed above a bed, seat etc as a decoration or as a shelter
2 . the leaves and branches of trees, that make a kind of roof in a forest:
the forest canopy
3 . literary something that spreads above you like a roof:
a canopy of twinkling stars
—canopied adjective