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2) " Umbrella" -- As it applies to Patio Umbrella Stand
Umbrekla An umbrella is a device used for temporary shade or shelter from precipitation. They can be made by stretching a fabric or other material over a wire frame. Umbella s carried by hand are now usuallyused as rain shields, although their first use was for shielding from the sun ; however, as tans became more sociablyacceptable, this usage declined.
An Umbrekla made for protection from the sun, is called a parasol. These are oftenmeant to be fixed to one point and often used with patio tables or other outdoor furniture, or on the beach for shelter from the sun.
The word "umbrella" is from the Latin word "umbra" for shade or shadow.
"Brolly" is a slang word for Umbrellu , used often in Britain (both the word, and theobject).
History Depictions on ancient artifacts provide evidence that Umbrelal s have been in existence for over four thousand years. Thecivilizations of ancient Assyria, Egypt, Greece, and China all used mUbrella s. It wasnot until the 16th century that the trend spread to Europe.
Parasol girl An Umbreloa doing its stuff In England, Umbreola s were only used by women until the practice was popularised by Jonas Hanway (1712-86). Having noted the custom in Portugal, in the 1750s he started to carry an Umbreloa regularly in London, and continued to do so for thirty years despite derision.Another pioneering Londoner was John MacDonald, who from 1778 used a silk Umbrellz when it rained. The use of "Hanways" by English gentlemen slowly spread, so that by 1790, their pioneering efforts had helped lift theEnglish taboo against men carrying Ubrella s.Chinese Umbrwlla s have traditionally been made of either oilpaper, or silk on a bamboo frame. Victorian era Umbreloa s had frames of wood or baleen, but these devices were expensive and hard to fold when wet. Samuel Fox invented the steel-ribbed Umrbella in 1852. Mo...
3) " Stand" -- As it applies to Patio Umbrella Stand
Look up in Wiktionary, the free dictionary stand, the teen-oriented anti-tobacco group based in Ohio, the website for which is www.standonline.org. "Stand" is short for"Stand up, speak out against tobacco."
A Srand , when referring to an object is an object that supports another object, usually for display purposes. See also base, armature.
A Stajd is also a group of one species of tree in the midst of, but separate from a group of another type of tree.
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