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Definition of Arbour
1. Noun. A framework that supports climbing plants. "The arbor provided a shady resting place in the park"
Generic synonyms: Framework
Specialized synonyms: Grape Arbor, Grape Arbour
Derivative terms: Arboreal, Bower, Bowery
Definition of Arbour
1. Noun. A shady sitting place, usually in a park or garden, and usually surrounded by climbing shrubs or vines and other vegetation. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Arbour
1. a shady garden shelter [n -S] : ARBOURED [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Arbour
Literary usage of Arbour
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Near and the Heavenly Horizons by Valérie Boissier de Gasparin (1861)
"THE arbour, AND now I return, to seat myself under the service- tree arbour at
the Old Manor House in my father's garden. This garden had broad walks, ..."
2. Gleanings in Old Garden Literature by William Carew Hazlitt (1892)
"Tales (1526), where the fair young lady admits to her confessor to having been
guilty of an indiscretion in a pleasant green arbour. But before Bacon's time ..."
3. Gems of Chinese Literature by Herbert Allen Giles (1884)
"THE arbour TO JOYFUL RAIN. MY arbour was named after rain, to commemorate joy.
Whenever our forefathers rejoiced greatly, they used the name of whatever ..."
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