umˈbrellaed, ppl. a.
[f. prec. + -ed1.]
1. Protected or covered as by an umbrella. Also fig.
| c 1800 Southey Inscriptions xvi. Under An Oak (1854) 100 This ancient oak Will parasol thee if the sun ride high, Or, should the sudden shower be falling fast, Here mayst thou rest umbrella'd. 1858 H. W. Beecher Life Thoughts 142 Many..believe that they must come to Him [sc. God] under the covert of some apology, or beneath some umbrellaed excuse. 1885 W. P. Breed Aboard & Abroad 127 The landscape lovingly umbrellaed by smiling clouds that took turns in the task of keeping the direct sunbeams from our faces. |
2. Ornith. (See quot. and cf. umbrella 9 c.)
| a 1807 Shaw Nat. Misc. XXI. pl. 897 The Umbrella'd Ampelis... Black Ampelis, with the vertical crest and pendent breast-feathers glossed with violet. The Umbrella'd Chatterer. Cephalopterus ornatus. |
3. Provided with an umbrella or umbrellas.
| 1834 Tait's Mag. I. 42/1 Who in their senses might hope to escape the drench?..umbrellaed or umbrellaless they must have it. 1863 Morn. Star 21 May, When the umbrellaed multitude swarmed down the centre of the course, the effect was most extraordinary. 1887 M. B. Edwards Next of Kin Wanted I. x. 135 Groups of mackintoshed, umbrella'd, behooded travellers. |