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Mawson, C.O.S., ed. (1870–1938). Roget’s International Thesaurus. 1922.

   NOUN:SHADE; awning (cover) [See Covering]; parasol, sunshade, umbrella.
  SCREEN, curtain, chick [India], purdah [India], portière [F.]; shutter, blind, Venetian blind, jalousie [F.].
  gauze, veil, mantle, mask, yashmak [Turk.].
  cloud, mist; gathering of clouds; smoke screen [mil.].
  umbrage [archaic], glade; shadow [See Darkness]; ambush, covert.
  BLINKERS, blinders; smoked glasses, colored spectacles.
   VERB:VEIL &c. v.; draw a curtain; put up -, close- a shutter; cast a shadow (darken) [See Darkness].
   ADJECTIVE:SHADY, umbrageous, shadowy, bowery.
   QUOTATION:Welcome, ye shades! ye bowery thickets, hail.—Thomson