arbour
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How to use arbour in a sentence
I, who had been sitting calm, on the low parapet beneath the tenderly sprouting wistaria arbour, broke my philosophic silence.
Jaffery | William J. LockeHe pointed with his finger and from behind the old yew arbour came the shrill clamour of a little dog in agony.
Jaffery | William J. LockeThe grape arbour along the west side of the sundial lawn was also built, of plain chestnut.
The Idyl of Twin Fires | Walter Prichard EatonOur ramblers did their duty well, but the grape arbour and the pergola would not be covered properly in a season.
The Idyl of Twin Fires | Walter Prichard EatonDick, who had heard nothing of the matter, was up first on that inauspicious day, and took the journal to an arbour in the garden.
Tales and Fantasies | Robert Louis Stevenson
British Dictionary definitions for arbour
/ (ˈɑːbə) /
a leafy glade or bower shaded by trees, vines, shrubs, etc, esp when trained about a trellis
obsolete an orchard, garden, or lawn
Origin of arbour
1Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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