Hypertext Webster Gateway: "arbor"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Arbor \Ar"bor\, n. [OE. herber, herbere, properly a garden of
herbs, F. herbier, fr. L. herbarium. See {Herb}, and cf.
{Herbarium}.]
A kind of latticework formed of, or covered with, vines,
branches of trees, or other plants, for shade; a bower. --Sir
P. Sidney.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Arbor \Ar"bor\, n. [Written also arbour.] [L., a tree, a beam.]
1. (Bot.) A tree, as distinguished from a shrub.
2. [Cf. F. arbre.] (Mech.)
(a) An axle or spindle of a wheel or opinion.
(b) A mandrel in lathe turning. --Knight.
{Arbor Day}, a day appointed for planting trees and shrubs.
[U.S.]
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
arbor
n 1: tree (as opposed to shrub)
2: any of various rotating shafts that serve as axes for larger
rotating parts [syn: {spindle}, {mandrel}, {mandril}]
3: a framework that supports climbing plants; "the arbor
provided a shady resting place in the park" [syn: {arbour},
{bower}, {pergola}]
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