bower
A bedroom or private apartments, especially for a woman in a medieval castleA bedroom or private apartments, especially for a woman in a medieval castle.
» He that hears much and speaks not at all shall be welcome both in bower and hall.
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11 sensesA bedroom or private apartments, especially for a woman in a medieval castle.
Boudoir, Frauengemach, Kemenate
будуа́рbuduár
будуа́рbuduár
(literary)A dwelling; a picturesque country cottage, especially one that is used as a retreat.
Sommerhaus, Landhaus, Landhäuschen
A shady, leafy shelter or recess in a garden or woods.
Gartenlaube, Laube, schattiges Plätzchen
альта́нкаalʹtánka, курі́ньkurínʹ
A large structure made of grass, twigs, etc., and decorated with bright objects, used by male bower birds during courtship displays.
Laube
A peasant; a farmer.
Either of the two highest trumps in the card games euchre and five hundred (where the joker is omitted).
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.
A young hawk, when it begins to leave the nest.
- a framework that supports climbing plants
Examples
2 sentencesHe that hears much and speaks not at all shall be welcome both in bower and hall.
Male Bowerbirds build fascinating ornamental structures called "bowers" to attract mates.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English bour, from Old English būr, from Proto-West Germanic *būr, from Proto-From Middle English bour, from Old English būr, from Proto-West Germanic *būr, from Proto-Germanic *būrą (“room, abode”).
From Middle English boueer, from Old English būr, ġebūr (“freeholder of the lowest class, peasant, farmer”) and Middle Dutch bouwer (“farmer, builder, peasant”); both from Proto-West Germanic *būr, from Proto-Germanic *būraz (“dweller”), from or related to *būaną (“to dwell”).
From German Bauer. A doublet of etymology 2 and of the German-origin surname Bauer.
From the bow of a ship + -er.
From bow (verb) + -er.
From bow (noun) + -er.
From bough + -er, compare brancher.
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