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‖ berceau|bɛrso|
[Fr., ‘arbour, bower’; lit. ‘cradle’.]
An arbour, bower; a shaded or foliage-covered walk. Also attrib.
1699M. Lister Journ. to Paris 209 The small leaved Horne-Beam; which serves for Arcades, Berceaus. 1771Pennant Tour Scotl. 1769 77 The Berceau walk [at Taymouth] is very magnificent, composed of great trees, forming a fine gothic arch. a1794E. Gibbon Memoirs in Misc. Wks. (1796) I. 182, I took several turns in a berceau, or covered walk of acacias. a1828D. Wordsworth Tour Cont. in Jrnls. (1941) II. 61 The country richer than ever—Berceaus of vines—yards and courts roofed with vines. 1828― Tour Isle of Man (1941) 415 He had contrived to bury his house among trees and..to make the approach to it (a long berceau) as dark as a dungeon alley. 1853C. Brontë Villette I. viii. 142 Under the vast and vine-draped berceau madame would take her seat on summer afternoons. 1960M. Sharp Something Light viii. 72 No head-high berceaux of Gloire de Dijon roses. |