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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 The parasol with a PVC stand (butt sawed sharp for jamming into soft ground) was already stowed in Sean’s car from his previous outing.—Outside Online, 23 Oct. 2024 Shirtless San Franciscans sparred for a few spare feet of sand on China Beach, sunbathers joined the surfers in Pacifica, and families pitched parasols at Alameda Beach as temperatures set new daily records in 10 different Bay Area cities.
!—Kate Talerico, The Mercury News, 6 Oct. 2024 Chinese parasol tree can be a prolific seeder and can send up sprouts.—Sheila Yount, arkansasonline.com, 18 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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