arbour
noun/ˈɑːbə(r)/
/ˈɑːrbər/
(US English arbor)
- a shelter in a garden for people to sit under, made by growing climbing plants over a frameTopics Gardensc2Word OriginMiddle 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’.
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