The umbrella is a shade or shelter from rain, snow tools. General use of oil paper, linoleum or plastic cloth made of. The umbrella English Umbrella comes from the Latin Umbra, shading, shadows meaning. The umbrella making material usually includes a malleable fabric as skeleton materials and tangled lines and other available. The hand is lifted when it is used, although the main purpose of the umbrella in its initial invention is to block the sun, it is now most often used as a rainy day shelter tool. The other functions of umbrellas include decorations, crutches and weapons. The old Hongkong umbrella is one of the umbrellas that can be used as weapons.