n.
Pronunciation: ' ka-n ə -p ē
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural -pies
Etymology: Middle English canope, from Medieval Latin canopeum mosquito net, from Latin conopeum, from Greek k ō n ō pion, from k ō n ō ps mosquito
Date: 14th century
1 a : a cloth covering suspended over a bed b : a cover (as of cloth) fixed or carried above a person of high rank or a sacred object : BALDACHIN c : a protective covering: as (1) : the uppermost spreading branchy layer of a forest (2) : AWNING , MARQUEE
2 : an ornamental rooflike structure
3 a : the transparent enclosure over an airplane cockpit b : the fabric part of a parachute that catches the air