cockpit - compartment where the pilot sits while flying the aircraft

covering - an artifact that covers something else (usually to protect or shelter or conceal it)

cloth, fabric, textile, material - artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers; "the fabric in the curtains was light and semitraqnsparent"; "woven cloth originated in Mesopotamia around 5000 BC"; "she measured off enough material for a dress"

chute, parachute - rescue equipment consisting of a device that fills with air and retards your fall

awning, sunblind, sunshade - a canopy made of canvas to shelter people or things from rain or sun

baldachin - ornamented canopy supported by columns or suspended from a roof or projected from a wall (as over an altar)

marquee, marquise - permanent canopy over an entrance of a hotel etc.

porte-cochere - canopy extending out from a building entrance to shelter those getting in and out of vehicles

shelter - protective covering that provides protection from the weather

tester - a flat canopy (especially one over a four-poster bed)

umbrella - a lightweight handheld collapsible canopy

cover - provide with a covering or cause to be covered; "cover her face with a handkerchief"; "cover the child with a blanket"; "cover the grave with flowers"