bower

IPA: bˈaʊɝ

noun

  • A bedroom or private apartments, especially for a woman in a medieval castle.
  • (literary) A dwelling; a picturesque country cottage, especially one that is used as a retreat.
  • A shady, leafy shelter or recess in a garden or woods.
  • (ornithology) A large structure made of grass, twigs, etc., and decorated with bright objects, used by male bower birds during courtship displays.
  • A peasant; a farmer.
  • Either of the two highest trumps in euchre.
  • (nautical) A type of ship's anchor, carried at the bow.
  • One who bows or bends.
  • A muscle that bends a limb, especially the arm.
  • One who plays any of several bow instruments, such as the musical bow or diddley bow.
  • (obsolete, falconry) A young hawk, when it begins to leave the nest.
  • A surname.

verb

  • To embower; to enclose.
  • (obsolete) To lodge.
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