baldachin

baldachin has 4 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 9.

Definitions

• n.. A rich brocade; baudekin.
• n.. 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.
• n.. A portable canopy borne over shrines, etc., in procession.
• n.. ornamented canopy supported by columns or suspended from a roof or projected from a wall (as over an altar)