awning

/ˈɔːnɪŋ/

Etymology

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).

awning means A rooflike cover, usually of canvas, extended over or before any place as a shelter from the sun, rain, or wind. Lexicurio rates it Distinctive — a strength score of 65 out of 100.

noun

A rooflike cover, usually of canvas, extended over or before any place as a shelter from the sun, rain, or wind.“At Nairobi the mail waits an hour-and-a-half. The station has three long platforms, mostly covered in awnings, the island connected with the main platform (which is used by the mails in both directions) by a subway.”
That part of the poop deck which is continued forward beyond the bulkhead of the cabin.