parasol

n.	1.	A kind of small umbrella used by women as a protection from the sun.
v. t.	1.	To shade as with a parasol.

Noun

1.

parasol - a handheld collapsible source of shade Synonyms: sunshade

Parasol - Parallel Systems Object Language. An object-oriented language which supports network and parallel computing. It has modules and exceptions. ["The Parasol Programming Language", R. Jervis , Dr Dobbs J, Oct 1993, pp. 34-41].

awning, beach umbrella, blind, brolly, bumbershoot, cover, curtain, drape, drapery, gamp, light shield, screen, shade, shader, shadow, sunblind, sunshade, umbrella, veil