AWNING

Dictionary of Science, Literature and Art · 1854 · p. 3
In Hort., a temporary covering for plants, generally consisting of cloth of some kind, stretched by means of ropes, cords, or wooden rods, so as to protect fruit trees against a wall, or flowers in a bed. An awning for a tulip bed is the most complete structure of this description,and is so constructed, by means of lines and pullies, that the sheeting can either be pulled up or let down over a bed of considerable length in two or three minutes. [s. 126]
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