Canopy

What “Canopy” means

Noun

1. A high cover providing shelter, such as a cloth supported above an object, particularly over a bed.
2. Any overhanging or projecting roof structure, typically over entrances or doors.
3. The zone of the highest foliage and branches of a forest.
4. In an airplane, the transparent cockpit cover.
5. In a parachute, the cloth that fills with air and thus limits the falling speed.

Verb

1. To cover with or as if with a canopy.
2. To go through the canopy of a forest on a zipline.

Where the word comes from

From Middle English canapy, canepie, canapee, canape, canope, from Old French conopé, Medieval Latin canapeum, canopeum, from Latin cōnōpēum (“mosquito net, canopy”), from Ancient Greek κωνωπεῖον (kōnōpeîon, “mosquito net”), from Ancient Greek κώνωψ (kṓnōps, “mosquito”), of uncertain origin. More at Ancient Greek κώνωψ (kṓnōps). Doublet of canapé and conopeum.

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Industries where “Canopy” fits

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• Tree Service