parasol

plural parasols

1. A small light umbrella used as protection from the sun.

   Synonyms: sunshade, sun umbrella, beach umbrella, chatta, chatra

2. A miniature paper umbrella used as a decoration in tropical-themed cocktails.
3. A sun umbrella for garden use etc., mounted on a stand; these can be foldable and demountable.
4. architectureA roof or covering of a structure designed to provide cover from wind, rain, or sun.
5. Any of various Asian species of libellulid dragonfly of the genus Neurothemis.
6. A parasol mushroom (Macrolepiota procera)

present singular third person parasols · US participle present parasoling · UK participle present parasolling · US participle past parasoled · US past parasoled · UK participle past parasolled · UK past parasolled

1. transitiveTo protect with, or as if with, a parasol; to shade.

   […] the buffaloes in the mire, and rows of trees parasolling houses along the waterways.

   2013, Geoff Ryman, The King's Last Song, page 19

   1 more example

   Now old ladies, who dare venture a-shopping, go parasolling their withered perfections along, and entertain a decided dread of injuring the immaterial whiteness of their skins, which have ceased to he compared to "lilies" and "snows," and other sonnet-like similes, for more than thirty summers […]

   1826, The Monthly Magazine, page 161