/reuh mah"deuh/ , n.
an open shelter, often having a dome-shaped thatched roof, and installed esp. on beaches and picnic grounds.
[ 1865-70, Amer.; enramada arbor, bower, n. use of fem. ptp. of enramar to intertwine branches equiv. to en- IN- 2 + -ramar, v. deriv. of ramo branch ramus ]