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語源

1615-25 (航海 sense only); from *awn +‎ -ing, reduction of Middle French auvans (“sloping roof”), from Old French anvant (1180), from Gaulish *an(de)bannā (“eaves”) (compare Occitan ambans (“parapet”)), form of *ande- (intensive prefix) (compare Welsh an-, Old Irish ind-) + *bandā (“horn; peak”) (compare Welsh ban, Irish beann).

発音

• (Received 発音) IPA^(key): /ˈɔːnɪŋ/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈɔnɪŋ/
• (cot–caught merger, Canada) IPA^(key): /ˈɑnɪŋ/
• 韻: -ɔːnɪŋ

名詞

awning (複数形 awnings)

1. A rooflike cover, usually of canvas, extended over or before any place as a shelter from the sun, rain, or wind.
   • 2022 December 14, Robin Leleux, “A royal occasion as heritage projects honoured: Kettering”, in RAIL, number 972, page 56:

     But instead, the distinctive ironwork and glass platform awnings have been carefully refurbished, while making them compatible with the overhead wiring. Kettering's island Platform 2/3 is especially noteworthy. Although it dates from 1879, when the station was enlarged to four platforms, the same original (1857) patterns for the delicate cast-ironwork seem to have been used - […] .

2. (nautical) That part of the poop deck which is continued forward beyond the bulkhead of the cabin.

派生語

• awning window

関連する語

• canopy

アナグラム

• Angwin, waning