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pergola
[ pur-guh-luh ]
noun
- an arbor formed of horizontal trelliswork supported on columns or posts, over which vines or other plants are trained.
- a colonnade having the form of such an arbor.
pergola
/ ˈpɜːɡələ /
noun
- a horizontal trellis or framework, supported on posts, that carries climbing plants and may form a covered walk
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Word History and Origins
Origin of pergola1
1645–55; < Italian < Latin pergula projecting roof, arbor
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Word History and Origins
Origin of pergola1
C17: via Italian from Latin pergula projection from a roof, from pergere to go forward
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Example Sentences
To half a tennis-lawn add two ounces of croquet-mallet and three arches of pergola, and reduce the whole to a fine powder.
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We next arranged tentatively for a brick veranda with a pergola top on the southern end of the house, and then went upstairs.
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Flinging wide the glass door, we stepped out upon the terrace of the pergola-to-be, and looked toward the new bird bath.
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Hard Cider came to build our pergola, and the clematis vines arrived to grow over it.
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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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