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Examples of parasol
parasol
The cot bumper has been great, the parasol will probably go to the charity shop.
From the guardian.co.uk
Fashion designer Anna Sui makes a strong case for the parasol as an objet d'art.
From the tennessean.com
So until further notice, make sure to pack your wallet along with your parasol.
From the time.com
They are bundled in heavy clothes, and she is holding up a pale green parasol.
From the nytimes.com
So why am I at Shanghai's Formula 1 circuit, shielded by a pit girl's parasol?
From the au.news.yahoo.com
And I definitely would need a parasol, so I wouldn't shrivel up into a raisin.
From the latimes.com
Think about Wimbledon where the players shelter under a parasol during rest breaks.
From the expressandstar.com
Its great single roof will be both a huge parasol and a bed for solar panels.
From the guardian.co.uk
Kelly posed with a parasol, and Josh hooked a blow-up monkey around his neck.
From the courier-journal.com
- A handheld collapsible source of shade
- An umbrella or parasol (also called a brolly, rainshade, sunshade, gamp or bumbershoot) is a canopy designed to protect against rain or sunlight. The term parasol usually refers to an item designed to protect from the sun; umbrella refers to a device more suited to protect from rain. ...
- PARASOL is a French-built Earth observing research satellite. It carries an instrument called POLDER which studies the radiative and microphysical properties of clouds and aerosols.
- The Parasol (also known as El Quitasol) is one of a cartoon series of oil on linen paintings made by the painter Francisco Goya. ...
- A small light umbrella used as protection from the sun
- To dream of a parasol, denotes, for married people, illicit enjoyments. If a young woman has this dream, she will engage in many flirtations, some of which will cause her interesting disturbances, lest her lover find out her inclinations. See Umbrella.
- The rolling of an object such as a ball, coin, juggling ring or box on an Oriental parasol (which looks like a very delicate umbrella).
- In Assyria the parasol was as much a status symbol as it was a sun-shade. In palace bas-reliefs showing outdoor scenes, the Assyrian king is fequently depicted standing or sitting under a parasol, held aloft by a personal servant.
- CIA funding program for CIDG PARAMILITARY troops; see SWITCHBACK.
