All 9 Uses
arbor
in
The House of the Seven Gables
(Edited)
- But the girl seldom failed to propose a removal to the garden, where Uncle Venner and the daguerreotypist had made such repairs on the roof of the ruinous arbor, or summer-house, that it was now a sufficient shelter from sunshine and casual showers.
Chpt 10arbor = a framework that supports climbing plants; or a shady rest area made by such a framework or by trees and shrubs
- He used to thrust his head softly out of the arbor to see them the better; all the while, too, motioning Phoebe to be quiet, and snatching glimpses of the smile upon her face, so as to heap his enjoyment up the higher with her sympathy.
Chpt 10
- So this oddly composed little social party used to assemble under the ruinous arbor.
Chpt 10 *
- But he gave out his own thoughts, likewise, with an airy and fanciful glow; so that they glistened, as it were, through the arbor, and made their escape among the interstices of the foliage.
Chpt 10
- But our business is with Holgrave as we find him on this particular afternoon, and in the arbor of the Pyncheon garden.
Chpt 12
- As her next resort, Phoebe made her way into the garden, where on so warm and bright a day as the present, she had little doubt of finding Clifford, and perhaps Hepzibah also, idling away the noontide in the shadow of the arbor.
Chpt 19
- The arbor was vacant, and its floor, table, and circular bench were still damp, and bestrewn with twigs and the disarray of the past storm.
Chpt 19
- The impression of the whole scene was that of a spot where no human foot had left its print for many preceding days,—probably not since Phoebe's departure,—for she saw a side-comb of her own under the table of the arbor, where it must have fallen on the last afternoon when she and Clifford sat there.
Chpt 19
- Let me go and rest me in the arbor, where I used,—oh, very long ago, it seems to me, after what has befallen us,—where I used to be so happy with little Phoebe!
Chpt 20
Definitions:
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(1)
(arbor as in: shaded arbor) a framework that supports climbing plants; or a shady rest area made by such a framework or by trees and shrubsThe framework of an arbor is generally thought of as a wood lattice made to support vines, but it can also be a natural framework such as trees.
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) Less commonly arbor can be used as a proper noun to reference a location such as Ann Arbor, Michigan. As a common noun, it can also reference various types of rotating machine shafts.