arbour meaning

• Noun: arbour  aa(r)bu(r)
  Usage: Brit, Cdn (=arbor)
  
  1. Tree (as opposed to shrub)
     - arbor [N. Amer, Austral] 
  2. Any of various rotating shafts that serve as axes for larger rotating parts
     - spindle, mandrel, mandril, arbor [N. Amer, Austral] 
  3. A framework that supports climbing plants
     "the arbour provided a shady resting place in the park"
     - arbor [N. Amer, Austral], bower, pergola

  Derived forms: arbours

  Type of: framework, rotating shaft, shaft, tree

  Part of: drive

  Encyclopedia: Arbour

• grape arbour:    Noun: grape arbour ...

Examples

1. benedick was quietly seated reading in an arbour.
2. the honours of the mulberry tree, the canal and the yew arbour would all be made over to her.
3. here, jane, is an arbour; sit down
4. under the bricks in the grape arbour . no, no . they'd dig for it
5. the arbour was an arch in the wall, lined with ivy; it contained a rustic seat