1. n. & v.
--n.
1. a a secluded place, esp. in a garden, enclosed by foliage; an arbour. b a summer-house.
2 poet. an inner room; a boudoir.
--v.tr. poet. embower.
Derivatives:
bowery adj.
Etymology: OE bur f. Gmc 2. n. (in full bower-anchor) either of two anchors carried at a ship's bow.
Phrases and idioms:
best bower the starboard bower. bower-cable the cable attached to a bower-anchor. small bower the port bower.
Etymology: BOW(3) + -ER(1) 3. n. either of two cards at euchre and similar games.
Phrases and idioms:
left bower the jack of the same colour as the right bower. right bower the jack of trumps.
Etymology: G Bauer peasant, jack at cards, rel. to Du. boer: see BOOR