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Definition of arbour in English: arbour(US arbor) noun ˈɑːbə A shady garden alcove with the sides and roof formed by trees or climbing plants trained over a framework. Example sentencesExamples - The most popular garden structures, not counting the ubiquitous shed, include trellises, arbours and pergolas.
- The arbours were wooden dining halls, surrounded by a hedge and ditch with an elaborate entrance, that were used as places of entertainment and feasting.
- This vine is best suited for large arbours, climbing slopes or house walls.
- We have a scented country garden and pond, water features, gravel gardens, arbours, pergolas, a summerhouse, many rare and unusual perennials, and 120 clematis.
- In just four-and-a-half days the 66 trainee managers from all over the country had to build a barbeque area, design and paint a mural on the kitchen garden wall, build an arbour, as well as create a sculpture on the sensory trail at the centre.
- In the corners of the garden are four huge rounded, beehive-like arbours that reach a height of 9m and provide a lovely place to sit.
- It was quite nice to begin with but after a few years it became neglected and the vandals moved in, smashing down arbours, trees, the children's play area and the sports hut.
- The first project, an arched walkway, which will grow into a green living corridor led to the second, an arbour, which will provide shelter whenever the summer sun visits Mayo.
- Ornamental trees add a touch of splendour to long avenues, while leafy plants in an arbour soften the sunlight.
- A bridge over a stream leads beneath a bower of pink roses into a frothy maze of flower-strewn pathways and rose-covered arbours.
- But what of the path, the terrace, the arbour, the fencing, the shed or the tree house?
- With the increasing provision of foodstuffs from local sources, there was a development around the sixteenth century into formal, ornamental gardens, with mazes, arbours and topiary, as a complementary adjunct to the house.
- Ivaric raced down to the stables, shouted at a groom to saddle his grey horse Maila, and smiled as he saw his father sitting in a shady arbour at one end of the courtyard, looking thoughtful.
- This sun loving plant is well suited to grow on both barbed wire or other fences, arbours and trellises.
- They have planted a formal, yew encircled rose garden, with blue-painted pergolas and arbours, and have recently planted a gravel garden beside the sea road, with grasses, Verbena bonariensis, cistus, eryngiums and grasses.
- Heliopolis was the ancient name of the ancient city hidden in mountains, the city of neat small palaces among flowers and bushes, marble buildings and arbours in vineyards.
- At about two years old, his three-foot girth spills out onto the flagstone path, causing visitors to pause on the way to the arbour.
- Graham wants to grow vegetables as well as flowers and I want to plant a couple of trees to make a woody arbour for my old age.
- The saplings have been planted in a circle so that they will form an arbour.
- When Patsy was here last we went to a garden centre which had some great arbours and swinging seats.
Synonyms bower, alcove, grotto, recess, pergola, gazebo, summer house shady place, shelter, hideaway, retreat, sanctuary
Derivatives adjective ˈɑːbədˈɑrbərd A wraparound verandah, and arbored patio, complete with an inviting hot tub, are on site for guests to enjoy. Example sentencesExamples - This part of the garden is an area framed by a square yew-hedge with arboured entrances at the cardinal points.
- The people who buy these plots of land will have no sea view and no arboured lane to drive beneath.
- ‘Is it true that you are always waiting for me in the arboured walk?’
- There is an arbored back porch the entire width of the home for enjoying your morning coffee or evening sunsets.
Origin Middle English (also denoting a lawn or flower bed): from Old French erbier, from erbe 'grass, herb', from Latin herba. The phonetic change to ar- (common in words having er- before a consonant) was assisted by association with Latin arbor 'tree'. Rhymes Annaba, arbor, barber, Barbour, harbour (US harbor), indaba, Kaaba, Lualaba, Pearl Harbor, Saba, Sabah, Shaba nounˈɑrbərˈärbər A shady garden alcove with sides and a roof formed by trees or climbing plants trained over a wooden framework. Synonyms bower, alcove, grotto, recess, pergola, gazebo, summer house
Origin Middle English (also denoting a lawn or flower bed): from Old French erbier, from erbe ‘grass, herb’, from Latin herba. The phonetic change to ar- (common in words having er- before a consonant) was assisted by association with Latin arbor ‘tree’. nounˈɑrbərˈärbər 1An axle or spindle on which something revolves. Example sentencesExamples - The bushing is secured in place by a solid arbor that passes through the front of the frame, through the middle of the bushing and is locked in place by the pivoting barrel and ejector rod.
- The indenter was secured into the arbor of a milling machine.
- The third step is to mount the wheels on the arbors and to place these assemblies between the front- and backplates in such a way that the wheels and pinions mesh and turn freely.
- 1.1 A device holding a tool in a lathe.
Example sentencesExamples - Each shooter's tool kit contains loading dies, a small arbor press and a powder measure capable of being adjusted to throw precise charges.
- Technician A says unless the job is done with an arbor press the tone wheel is likely to become deformed.
Origin Mid 17th century: from French arbre ‘tree, axis’. The spelling change was due to association with Latin arbor ‘tree’. |