awning /ˈɔːnɪŋ/ noun2 •A rooflike cover, usually of canvas, extended over or before any place as a shelter from the sun, rain, or wind.A few hundred yards across the pampa from where Chilean soldiers patrol the boundary, stern-faced, the Peruvian border police sit under wind-torn blue awnings, eyeing the Chileans warily. — 2026 •That part of the poop deck which is continued forward beyond the bulkhead of the cabin. formsawnings