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Betekenis (Engels)
- A rooflike cover, usually of canvas, extended over or before any place as a shelter from the sun, rain, or wind.
- That part of the poop deck which is continued forward beyond the bulkhead of the cabin.
Sinonieme
sun-blind
roof window
bed curtains
canvas roof
rain-awning
Vertalings
Frekwensie
Uitgespreek as (IPA)
/ˈɔːnɪŋ/
Etimologie (Engels)
In summary
1615-25 (nautical 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).
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