baldaquin — meaning in English

English meaning

• canopy noun A covering suspended or supported above something, such as a bed or entrance.
• hearse noun A vehicle specially built to carry a coffin to a funeral or burial.

Senses

baldaquin is used for these senses in English:

• baldacchin (countable) A canopy suspended over an altar or throne, originally made of this fabric; a ciborium.
• canopy A high cover providing shelter, such as a cloth supported above an object, particularly over a bed.
• hearse A framework of wood or metal placed over the coffin or tomb of a deceased person, and covered with a pall; also, a temporary canopy bearing wax lights and set up in a church, under which the coffin was placed during the funeral ceremonies.

canopy — full definition

1. noun A covering suspended or supported above something, such as a bed or entrance.
2. noun The upper layer of branches and leaves in a forest.
3. noun The transparent covering over an aircraft cockpit, or the fabric part of a parachute.
4. verb To cover something as if with a canopy.

Related French words