bower Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a framework that supports climbing plants
    arbor; pergola; arbour.
    • the arbor provided a shady resting place in the park
  2. verb enclose in a bower
    embower.

WordNet

Bo"wer noun
Etymology
From Bow, v. & n.
Definitions
  1. One who bows or bends.
  2. (Naut.) An anchor carried at the bow of a ship.
  3. A muscle that bends a limb, esp. the arm. Obs.
    His rawbone arms, whose mighty brawned bowers Were wont to rive steel plates and helmets hew. Spenser.
Bow"er noun
Etymology
G. bauer a peasant. So called from the figure sometimes used for the knave in cards. See Boor.
Definitions
  1. One of the two highest cards in the pack commonly used in the game of euchre.
Bow"er noun
Etymology
OE. bour, bur, room, dwelling, AS. bur, fr. the root of AS. buan to dwell; akin to Icel. bur chamber, storehouse, Sw. bur cage, Dan. buur, OHG. pur room, G. bauer cage, bauer a peasant. *97] Cf.Boor, Byre.
Definitions
  1. Anciently, a chamber; a lodging room; esp., a lady's private apartment.
    Give me my lute in bed now as I lie, And lock the doors of mine unlucky bower. Gascoigne.
  2. A rustic cottage or abode; poetically, an attractive abode or retreat. Shenstone. B. Johnson.
  3. A shelter or covered place in a garden, made with boughs of trees or vines, etc., twined together; an arbor; a shady recess.
Bow"er transitive verb
Definitions
  1. To embower; to inclose. Shak.
Bow"er intransitive verb
Definitions
  1. To lodge. Obs. Spenser.
Bow"er noun
Etymology
From Bough, cf. Brancher.
Definitions
  1. (Falconry) A young hawk, when it begins to leave the nest. Obs.

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