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The firm was started in the 1860s, when the family’s patriarch Antoine Roset set up a small factory that made canes for parasols.—Sofia Celeste, WWD, 8 Jan. 2025 Last year, an Italian fashion house outfitted the beach club with parasols and Valentino red towels.—Kristin Braswell, Travel + Leisure, 19 Dec. 2024 Nearby will be a saltwater pool with a wooden deck dotted with parasols, sunbeds and private cabanas in which cocktails will be served.—Laurie Werner, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024 At the top of a long, uneven staircase to the house wait glasses of water, parasols for shade, and a Steadicam, swirling in, to film the guests’ arrival for the online reels.—Nathan Heller, Vogue, 17 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for parasol
Word History
Etymology
borrowed from French, "screen or canopy shielding from the sun," going back to Middle French, borrowed from Italian parasole, from para "(it) shields, keeps out" (3rd singular present of parare "to prepare, adorn, avert, shield") + sole "sun," going back to Latin sōl — more at parry, solar
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