Definition of Arbours

1. Noun. (plural of arbour) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Arbours

1. arbour [n] - See also: arbour

Lexicographical Neighbors of Arbours

arborize
arborized
arborizes
arborizing
arboroid
arborolatry
arborous
arbors
arborsculpture
arborvirus
arborvitae
arborvitaes
arborway
arbour
arboured
arbours (current term)
arboviral
arbovirus
arbovirus infection
arboviruses
arbs
arbuscle
arbuscles
arbuscular
arbustive
arbute
arbutean
arbutes
arbutin
arbutus

Literary usage of Arbours

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Formal Garden in England by Reginald Theodore Blomfield (1901)
"... arbours, GALLERIES, HEDGES, PALISADES, GROVES THE double purpose of a garden—for use and pleasure — has been forgotten in landscape gardening. ..."

2. Roses for English Gardens by Gertrude Jekyll, Edward Mawley (1902)
"CHAPTER IX ROSE ARCHES AND arbours MANY are the ways in which an arch of Roses may be beautiful in the garden, whether it be a garden of some distinctly set ..."

3. A Treatise on the Origin, Progressive Improvement, and Present State of the by George Richardson Porter (1831)
"arbours FOR SPINNING. NECESSITY OF ATTENTION TO MINUTE POINTS IN MANAGEMENT. REGULATION OF TEMPERATURE. SILKWORMS WILL NOT SPIN IN COLD ATMOSPHERE. ..."

4. The Book of the Garden by Charles McIntosh (1853)
"HERMITAGES, arbours, MOSS- HOUSES, A-ND SEATS. These are all very pleasing and useful objects, particularly in extensive grounds. ..."

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