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Arbor

Arbor \Ar"bor\, n. [OE. herber, herbere, properly a garden of herbs, F. herbier, fr. L. herbarium. See Herb, and cf. Herbarium.] A kind of latticework formed of, or covered with, vines, branches of trees, or other plants, for shade; a bower.
--Sir P. Sidney.

Arbor

Arbor \Ar"bor\, n. [Written also arbour.] [L., a tree, a beam.]

  1. (Bot.) A tree, as distinguished from a shrub.

  2. [Cf. F. arbre.] (Mech.)

    1. An axle or spindle of a wheel or opinion.

    2. A mandrel in lathe turning.
      --Knight.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
arbor

c.1300, herber, "herb garden," from Old French erbier "field, meadow; kitchen garden," from Latin herba "grass, herb" (see herb). Later "a grassy plot" (early 14c., a sense also in Old French), "a shaded nook" (mid-14c.). Probably not from Latin arbor "tree," though perhaps influenced by its spelling.\n

\nThe change from er- to ar- before consonants in Middle English also reflects a pronunciation shift: compare farm from ferme, harbor from Old English herebeorg.

Wiktionary
arbor

Etymology 1 alt. 1 A shady sitting place, usually in a park or garden, and usually surrounded by climbing shrubs or vines and other vegetation. 2 A grove of trees. n. 1 A shady sitting place, usually in a park or garden, and usually surrounded by climbing shrubs or vines and other vegetation. 2 A grove of trees. Etymology 2

n. 1 An axis or shaft supporting a rotate part on a lathe. 2 A bar for supporting cutting tools. 3 A spindle of a wheel.

WordNet
arbor
  1. n. tree (as opposed to shrub)

  2. any of various rotating shafts that serve as axes for larger rotating parts [syn: spindle, mandrel, mandril]

  3. a framework that supports climbing plants; "the arbor provided a shady resting place in the park" [syn: arbour, bower, pergola]

Gazetteer
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Arbor

Arbor or arbour may refer to:

  • Arbor (garden), a landscape structure
  • Arbor (tool) or mandrel
  • Arbor, a grove of trees
  • Arbour (surname)
  • Arbor, a counterweight-carrying device found in theater fly systems
  • Arbor, the central post of a fishing reel to which fishing line is attached
  • Arbor knot, a knot commonly used to attach fishing line to a fishing reel
  • Arbor Drugs, a defunct Detroit, Michigan-based drug store chain

Usage examples of "arbor".

Luken was surprised enough when the Animist leapt from his chair and went racing into the bar itself, but was even more surprised when, a moment later, there were shouts and screams and Alex, locked in struggle with another man, crashed down and through the grape arbor.

And the chief of them all was this: that to Arbor Croche the words of Strang were the words of God and that if the prophet said kill, he would kill.

He was confident that Arbor Croche and his sheriffs were confining their man-hunt to the swamp, but in spite of this belief he exercised extreme caution, stopping to listen now and then, with one hand always near his pistol.

In another instant he had fired and the huge form of Arbor Croche toppled headlong into the room.

He believed the king and Arbor Croche dead, and that in the gloom and excitement of the night he could go among the people of St.

Garlands of these, arranged close together, were stretched across the streets from ridgepoles to ridgepole, and your jinrikisha whisked you through interminable arbors of soft illumination.

Santa Teresa Street and Arbor, a block north of Via Madrina, in the heart of downtown.

Even at noontide it sat with her in the arbor, when the sunshine threw its broken flakes of gold into the clustering shade.

For as long as I know I have never done, nor even designed, an injury to any being whatever, Pone me pigris ubi nulla campis Arbor aestiva recreatur aura, Quod latus mundi nebulae, malusque Jupiter urget.

And, when she finally opened Rhoades Arbor, she would, of course, need a butler.

Earl of Maitland himself wishes to spend an entire month at Rhoades Arbor.

He assured me that Rhoades Arbor is far enough away from Hammersmith, and Maidenhead, to be in any real danger.

She simply must try to draw strength from the fact that all of her guests were enjoying their stay at Rhoades Arbor.

Truth to say, he was rarely here and was not privy to the daily goings-on at Rhoades Arbor.

With each thing the gentleman said, the notion that a psychical occurrence might be what was happening at Rhoades Arbor seemed more and more bizarre.