arbour

See also: Arbour and 'arbour

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Middle English arbour, from Old French erbier (“field, meadow, kitchen garden”), from erbe (“grass, herb”), from Latin herba (“grass, herb”). The phonetic change to ar- was assisted by association with Latin arbor (“tree”).

Noun

arbour (plural arbours)

  1. A shady sitting place, usually in a park or garden, and usually surrounded by climbing shrubs or vines and other vegetation.
    • 1979, J.G. Ballard, The Unlimited Dream Company, chapter 24:
      Children swung from the branches of the banyan tree, teenagers climbed into the arbours of orchids and gourds into which the abandoned cars had been transformed.
  2. A shady walk.

Middle English

Noun

arbour (plural arbours)

  1. a lawn or a flower bed, a grassy plot
  2. a shaded nook
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