embower

American  

[em-bou-er] / ɛmˈbaʊ ər /

Also imbower

verb (used with or without object)

1. to shelter in or as in a bower; bow; cover or surround with foliage.

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embower British  

/ ɪmˈbaʊə /

verb

1. archaic (tr) to enclose in or as in a bower

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Other Word Forms

• unembowered adjective

Etymology

Origin of embower

First recorded in 1570–80; em- ¹ + bower ¹

Example Sentences

These branches might seem gay and cheerful were not cannon embowered there.

From Literature

Many an Elm Street across America today is planted with some other tree, once was lost the embowering shade of elms that created a quintessential main street view of small-town America.

From Seattle Times

The glow of the Christmas rituals I still love best — lights, candles, hearths — would mean little to me without the shadows that embower them.

From New York Times

Mirror panels the rear wall, reflecting the garden as well as the scalloped awning roof and giving the square footage the breezy feeling of a transparent pavilion embowered by greenery.

From Architectural Digest

They are nearly always embowered amongst great stately trees, that the forefathers planted when the foundations of the new home were laid.

From Project Gutenberg