arbour
/ˈɑːbə
/(US arbor)
noun
A shady garden alcove with the sides and roof formed by trees or climbing plants trained over a framework.We have a scented country garden and pond, water features, gravel gardens, arbours, pergolas, a summerhouse, many rare and unusual perennials, and 120 clematis....
- They have planted a formal, yew encircled rose garden, with blue-painted pergolas and arbours, and have recently planted a gravel garden beside the sea road, with grasses, Verbena bonariensis, cistus, eryngiums and grasses.
- The most popular garden structures, not counting the ubiquitous shed, include trellises, arbours and pergolas.
Synonyms
bower, alcove, grotto, recess, pergola, gazebo, summer house;
shady place, shelter, hideaway, retreat, sanctuary
Derivatives
arboured
/ adjective ...- The people who buy these plots of land will have no sea view and no arboured lane to drive beneath.
- This part of the garden is an area framed by a square yew-hedge with arboured entrances at the cardinal points.
- There is an arbored back porch the entire width of the home for enjoying your morning coffee or evening sunsets.
Origin
Middle English (also denoting a lawn or flower bed): from Old French erbier, from erbe 'grass, herb', from Latin herba. The phonetic change to ar- (common in words having er- before a consonant) was assisted by association with Latin arbor 'tree'.
Rhymes
- mixology
- Mixolydian mode
- mixonephridium
- mixonephrium
- mix one's drinks
- mixoploid
- mixoploidy
- mixotroph
- mixotrophic
- mixotrophy
- mix something up
- mixtape
- mixte
- Mixtec
- Mixteca
- mixtil
- mixtilinear
- mixtion
- mixtry
- the Elder
- the elephant in the room
- the eleventh hour
- the Elysian Fields
- the emperor has no clothes
- the emperor's new clothes