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awning

The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea | 2006 | 268 words | Copyright

awning.
1. A canvas canopy spread over a deck for protection from the sun.

2. In old sailing vessels that part of the poop deck which used to project beyond the doors of the poop cabins to form a shelter for the steering wheel and binnacle was also called the awning.

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