单词 | embowering |
释义 | emboweringn. Enclosing, or sheltering in a bower. concrete. A bower-like retreat; in quot. 1882 figurative. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > other dwelling places > [noun] > secluded or retreat nestling place1589 hermitage1648 burrow1650 eyrie1794 nookery1824 love nest1853 nest1865 embowering1882 1882 H. Caine Recoll. D. G. Rossetti 110 Whatever embowerings I had in my mind. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2019). emboweringadj. That forms a bower; that surrounds as with a bower. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > gardening > garden > division or part of garden > [adjective] > having arbours pleached1600 arboured1610 bowery1713 boweringa1717 embowering1717 bowered1746 bower-enshaded1816 1717 T. Parnell tr. Homer's Battle Frogs & Mice i. 22 From Helicon's imbow'ring Height repair. 1792 S. Rogers Pleasures Mem. ii. 240 Imbowering shrubs with verdure veiled the sky. 1821 W. Scott Kenilworth II. xiii. 333 Above the embowering and richly shaded woods. 1852 A. Jameson Legends Madonna 140 A most luxuriant landscape thick with imbowering trees. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2018). < n.1882adj.1717 |
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