baldachin : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: baldachin	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for baldachin
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
baldachin n ornamented canopy supported by columns or suspended from a roof or projected from a wall (as over an altar)
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Baldachin \Bal"dachin\, n. [LL. baldachinus, baldechinus, a canopy of rich silk carried over the host; fr. Bagdad, It. Baldacco, a city in Turkish Asia from whence these rich silks came: cf. It. baldacchino. Cf. {Baudekin}.] 1. A rich brocade; baudekin. [Obs.] 2. (Arch.) A structure in form of a canopy, sometimes supported by columns, and sometimes suspended from the roof or projecting from the wall; generally placed over an altar; as, the baldachin* in St. Peter's. 3. A portable canopy borne over shrines, etc., in procession. [Written also {baldachino}, {baldaquin}, etc.]