marquee
n.a large tent used for outdoor parties or events. In the world of computers and design, it also refers to a tool used to select a specific area on a screen.
n.a large tent used for social or commercial functions; in a digital context, a graphical user interface tool for selecting a rectangular area of an image or screen.
“The wedding reception was held in a large marquee on the lawn.”
“Use the marquee tool to select the person in the photo before you apply the filter.”
In computing, often used as an attributive noun, as in 'marquee tool' or 'marquee selection'.
“On the other side, Tonali was the face of Tottenham’s troubles, the £100m marquee signing playing a game where the ball seemed to elude him, tease him from afar.”
“Depor’s marquee signing has been a 37-year-old Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang.”
From marquise, from French marquise. Ultimately from same root as march (“border country”), margin (“edge”). Ultimately cognate with marque.
Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.