Baldachin
Baldachin ({not transcribed}) , noun
[Late Latin baldachinus, baldechinus, a canopy of rich silk carried over the host; from Bagdad, Italian Baldacco, a city in Turkish Asia from whence these rich silks came: compare Italian baldacchino. Compare Baudekin.]
1.
A rich brocade; baudekin. [Obsolete]
2.
(Architecture) A structure in form of a canopy, sometimes supported by columns, and sometimes suspended from the roof or projecting from the wall; generally placed over an altar; as, the baldachin in St. Peter's.
3.
A portable canopy borne over shrines, etc., in procession.