arbour

[ ahr-ber ]

noun

, Chiefly British.

1. a variant of arbor ¹.

arbour

/ ˈɑːbə /

noun

1. a leafy glade or bower shaded by trees, vines, shrubs, etc, esp when trained about a trellis
2. obsolete.
   an orchard, garden, or lawn

Word History and Origins

Origin of arbour¹

C14 erber, from Old French herbier, from Latin herba grass

Example Sentences

I, who had been sitting calm, on the low parapet beneath the tenderly sprouting wistaria arbour, broke my philosophic silence.

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He pointed with his finger and from behind the old yew arbour came the shrill clamour of a little dog in agony.

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The grape arbour along the west side of the sundial lawn was also built, of plain chestnut.

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Our ramblers did their duty well, but the grape arbour and the pergola would not be covered properly in a season.

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Dick, who had heard nothing of the matter, was up first on that inauspicious day, and took the journal to an arbour in the garden.

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