arbored

[ ahr-berd ]

/ ˈɑr bərd /

adjective

furnished with an arbor.

lined with trees; shaded.

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decorum

the act of or need for making up one's mind.

dignified propriety of behavior, speech, dress, etc.

a company of singers, especially an organized group employed in church service.

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Also especially British, ar·boured.

Origin of arbored

arbor¹ + -ed³

OTHER WORDS FROM arbored

un·ar·bored, adjective

Words nearby arbored

arbor, arbor day, arbor vitae, arboraceous, arboreal, arbored, arboreous, arborescent, arboretum, arboriculture, arborio

Example sentences from the Web for arbored

Country-seat terraced and arbored and parterred clear to the water's brink.
New Tabernacle Sermons|Thomas De Witt Talmage
It contained a gymnasium, baths, a garden, and arbored walks.
Burroughs' Encyclopaedia of Astounding Facts and Useful Information, 1889|Barkham Burroughs
Then he gestured to the older man to precede them, and they entered the arbored walk.
Space Viking|Henry Beam Piper
One had to stoop to enter that arbored, leaf encircled nest through which the sun fell like a dappled pattern on the grass.
Port O' Gold|Louis John Stellman

It was after this that we stumbled on the arbored bungalow, and bought it in fifteen minutes.
The Smiling Hill-Top|Julia M. Sloane

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