Canopy meaning : A high cover providing shelter, such as a cloth supported above an object, particularly over a bed. Any overhanging or projecting roof structure, typically over entrances or doors. The zone of the highest foliage and branches of a forest. In an airplane, the transparent cockpit cover. In a parachute, the cloth that fills with air and thus limits the falling speed. To cover with or as if with a canopy. To go through the canopy of a forest on a zipline.