canopied

English

Etymology

canopy +‎ -ed

Adjective

canopied (not comparable)

1. covered overhead with (or as if with) a canopy.
   • 1854, Edward Lewes Cutts, An Essay on Church Furniture and Decoration, London: John Crockford, “Wood-Work,” pp. 32-3,^[1]

     In the seal of Edward III. and Richard II. the king is seated in a niche, which is canopied and pinnacled in the usual style of niches in architectural work.

   • 2004, Alan Hollinghurst, chapter 8, in The Line of Beauty […], 1st US edition, New York, N.Y.: Bloomsbury Publishing, →ISBN:

     He slept there from time to time, in the fantasy of the canopied bed, with its countless pillows.

Derived terms

• uncanopied

 

Verb

canopied

1. simple past and past participle of canopy