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Definition of Arbours
1. arbour [n] - See also: arbour
Lexicographical Neighbors of Arbours
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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