arbour

[ ahr-ber ]

noun

, Chiefly British.

1. a variant of arbor ¹.

arbour

/ ˈɑːbə /

noun

1. a leafy glade or bower shaded by trees, vines, shrubs, etc, esp when trained about a trellis
2. obsolete.
   an orchard, garden, or lawn

Word History and Origins

Origin of arbour¹

C14 erber, from Old French herbier, from Latin herba grass

Example Sentences

It was in a very narrow gap between two fence panels, which were at the end of gardens backing on to each other in Cedric Crescent and Green Arbour Road.

From BBC

His body was in a very narrow gap between two fence panels, which were at the end of gardens backing on to each other in Cedric Crescent and Green Arbour Road.

From BBC

They arrived at the student accommodation in Arbour House at 01:00 GMT and soon after a neighbour overheard various noises and screams coming from the room and called emergency services, the court was told.

From BBC

People might assume that sounding birdlike would mean these dinosaurs were tweeting like meadowlarks, Dr. Arbour said.

From New York Times

“They kind of bracket the range of sounds we might expect,” said Victoria Arbour, a paleontologist at the Royal BC Museum in Victoria, Canada, who was not involved in the new study.

From New York Times