All 4 Uses of
arbor
in
Education of Little Tree
- She said she got the Holy Ghost once at a bush arbor meetin' and got saved.
Chpt 11. *arbor = a shady rest area in a garden
- She said being a Christian made you happy and that bush arbors was times when they was happiest, being full of the Holy Ghost and all.
Chpt 11.arbors = frameworks that support climbing plants
- He said he had tried going to bush arbor meetings to git saved, but there was always girls around them too that kept after him to fornicate.
Chpt 15.arbor = a framework that supports climbing plants; or a shady rest area made by such a framework or by trees and shrubs
- He said he had found an old preacher who was too old to fornicate, he figgered, because he was holding a bush arbor meeting and was preaching, no-holds-barred, agin' fornicatin'.
Chpt 15.
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) Much more rarely, an arbor can be used as a proper noun to reference a location. As a common noun, it can also reference various types of rotating machine shafts.