Gazebo
noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 A belvedere, either a type of summer-house or a roofed, detached porch-like structure, usually in a yard, park or lawn.
"Ann dye Ned inn a gaze ay beau a pun a past Eye maid off any Sun ("and dined in a gazebo upon a pasty made of venison")"
- 2 a small roofed building affording shade and rest wordnet
- 3 A dismountable shelter comprising a roof or awning supported by poles, and often having removable sides; a canopy tent
"They started screwing aluminium rods together, like they were going to assemble a gazebo."
- 4 a gaudy, incongruous, or flimsy structure or object Ireland, derogatory
"'I'll thank ye tell me what they mean by that old gazabo on the top of the market-place,' said she, in a burst of ridicule fit to have brought the old tower down."
Example
More examples"On the shore of the pond is where you can build a gazebo, and afterwards that corner of the garden will be a cozy place for recreation."
Etymology
Possibly from gaze + Latin future indicative conjugation-ending -bō, as in vidēbō (“I will see”), comparable perhaps to lavabo from Latin lavābō (“I will wash”); alternatively from Arabic قَصَبَة (qaṣaba, “fort, casbah”), itself possibly refashioned after the former.
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