Arbour Definition

ärbər
noun
Webster's New World

A shady sitting place, usually in a park or garden, and usually surrounded by climbing shrubs or vines and other vegetation.

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Eye dialect spelling of harbour.

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verb

Eye dialect spelling of harbour.

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Other Word Forms of Arbour

Noun

Singular:
arbour
Plural:
arbours

Origin of Arbour

  • Middle English arbour, from Old French erbier (“field, meadow, kitchen garden”), from erbe (“grass, herb”), from Latin herba (“grass, herb”). The phonetic change to ar- was assisted by association with Latin arbor (“tree”).

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  • A representation of the pronunciation of harbour by a speaker whose dialect lacks the voiceless glottal fricative or transition (IPA: [h]).

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