bower
bower Lexical Profile
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• noun
A pleasant, shady place under trees or climbing plants in a garden or wood; a leafy arbor.
"They sat reading quietly in a cool, rose-covered bower at the edge of the garden."
An intricate structure built of twigs and grass and decorated with brightly colored objects by a male bowerbird to attract a mate.
"The male satin bowerbird arranged blue berries and shells around its meticulously woven bower."
A woman's private bedroom or apartments in a medieval castle or manor house.
"In medieval romances, the noblewoman often awaits her knight's return within her secluded bower."
Either of the two highest trump cards in euchre and similar card games, specifically the jack of the trump suit (right bower) and the jack of the other suit of the same color (left bower).
"Holding both the right and left bower gave her an unbeatable advantage in the final hand of euchre."
An anchor carried at the bow of a ship.
"The crew dropped the starboard bower as the vessel entered the sheltered harbor."
• verb
To enclose, shelter, or embower with trees, vines, or foliage (used chiefly in literary or poetic contexts).
"Overhanging willows and wild ivy bowered the narrow path along the riverbank."
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Word Origin & Etymology
In its primary sense of a shaded recess or chamber, the word comes from Old English 'būr' (dwelling, cottage, or inner room), from the Proto-Germanic root '*būraz', related to modern German 'Bauer' (farmer or birdcage) and English 'neighbor' (literally 'near-dweller'). The card-playing sense derives separately from German 'Bauer' (peasant or jack in cards).