bowery 1
/bow"euh ree/ , adj.
containing bowers; leafy; shady: a bowery maze.
[ 1695-1705; BOWER 1 + -Y 1 ]
bowery 2
/bow"euh ree, bow"ree/ , n. , pl. boweries .
1. (among the Dutch settlers of New York) a farm or country seat.
2. the Bowery , a street and area in New York City, historically noted for its cheap hotels and saloons and peopled by the destitute and homeless.
[ 1640-50, Amer.; bouwerij farm, equiv. to bouw cultivation + -erij -ERY ]