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Verb
/ˈbou(-ə)r/,
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bowers, plural;
  1. Shade or enclose (a place or person)
    • - the bowered pathways into the tangle of vines
Noun
  1. Each of two anchors carried at a ship's bow

  1. arbor: a framework that supports climbing plants; "the arbor provided a shady resting place in the park"
  2. embower: enclose in a bower
  3. Roger Squires (born 22 February 1932, in Tettenhall, Wolverhampton, England) is a British crossword compiler, living in Ironbridge, Shropshire, who is best known for being the world's most prolific compiler .
  4. The Bower is a Federal style building that was remodeled with Gothic Revival features after a fire in 1892. The name appeared as early as 1753 when Major General Adam Stephen had a hunting lodge at this location. ...
  5. (Bowers (bus company)) Eric W. Bowers Coaches Limited trading as Bowers
  6. A large nest made of grass and bright objects, used by the bower bird during courtship displays; A shady, leafy shelter or recess in a garden or woods; A woman's bedroom or private apartments, especially in a medieval castle; A dwelling; a picturesque country cottage, especially one that is ...
  7. (Bowers) In most games the general order of the cards is 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, Jack (J), Queen (Q), King (K) with Aces High or Aces Low. However, in some games with tricks and trump suits, there may be three cards higher than the Ace (assuming Aces High). ...
  8. Another term for a Maze or Labyrinth, especially a hedge Maze.
  9. Garden seat protected by foliage.
  10. a lattice work, or wicker work covered with flowering vines, a poetic term for a Ladys bed
  11. (UK) an arboreal shelter, a rustic cottage, or a lady s boudoir (especially in a castle).
  12. (734) a place enclosed by overhanging boughs of trees or by vines on a trellis; arbor.
  13. A Jack of the same colour as trumps.  If hearts are trumps, the Jack of hearts is the right bower (highest card) and the Jack of diamonds is the left bower (second highest card).
  14. bow-maker (ie the sort that shoot arrows)
  15. refers to the anchors carried in the bow, the small bower, and the best bower. The last so named because it was the largest anchor on the ship, and thus the last, best hope in an emergency.
  16. a shady place under trees and creepers, arbour
  17. has three meanings: (1) a leafy shelter or recess; arbor; (2) a rustic dwelling; cottage; (3) a lady’s boudoir in a medieval castle.
  18. anchor carried at bow of a ship
  19. shelter of boughs or vines
  20. a woman's private chamber