Umbrella
Webster's Dictionary [1]
(1): ( n.) The umbrellalike disk, or swimming bell, of a jellyfish.
(2): ( n.) Any marine tectibranchiate gastropod of the genus Umbrella, having an umbrella-shaped shell; - called also umbrella shell.
(3): ( n.) A shade, screen, or guard, carried in the hand for sheltering the person from the rays of the sun, or from rain or snow. It is formed of silk, cotton, or other fabric, extended on strips of whalebone, steel, or other elastic material, inserted, or fastened to, a rod or stick by means of pivots or hinges, in such a way as to allow of being opened and closed with ease. See Parasol.
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [2]
in ecclesiastical ceremony, is borne over bishops and priests during solemn processions at councils, and at other high solemnities, especially during processions of the blessed sacrament. The name was also applied to a kind of baldacchino of red velvet, with golden summits, erected in 1550 over the altar of Winchester College. See Lee, Gloss. of Liturg. Terms, s.v.; Walcott, Sac. Archce l. s.v.
