n.
 (pl. canopies)
   - a cloth covering over a throne, bed, etc. ▸a roof-like projection or shelter. ▸the expanding, umbrella-like part of a parachute. 
- the transparent plastic or glass cover of an aircraft's cockpit.
- the uppermost branches of the trees in a forest, forming a more or less continuous layer of foliage.
v.
 (canopies, canopying, canopied)
 
[
usu. as adj. canopied]
 cover or provide with a canopy.
Etymology
  ME: from med. L. canopeum, alt. of L. conopeum ‘mosquito net over a bed’, from Gk kōnōpeion ‘couch with mosquito curtains’, from kōnōps ‘mosquito’.