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Definition of Gazebo
1. Noun. A small roofed building affording shade and rest.
Definition of Gazebo
1. Noun. belvedere, either a type of summer-house or a roofed, detached porch-like structure, usually in a yard, park or lawn ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Gazebo
1. a roofed structure open on the sides [n -BOS or -BOES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Gazebo
Literary usage of Gazebo
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Book for a Rainy Day: Or, Recollections of the Events of the Last Sixty by John Thomas Smith (1845)
"... and a new pair of dolphins taken from the top of the gazebo, by some bloodthirsty
villains; and whereas a great deal of timber has been cut down and ..."
2. The Monthly Review by Charles William Wason (1830)
"He takes a cottage, in which there is a gazebo that overlooks her father's garden,
and for a while their courtship is carried on with delightful secrecy. ..."
3. A Glossary of Words Used in the Wapentakes of Manley and Corringham by Edward Peacock (1877)
"The tradition of the village is that The gazebo was a place for outdoor musical
entertainments.'— WE Hewlett, in Notes and Queries, LU. S. x. 352. ..."
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