bowers
Leafy garden shelters
Bowers is the plural of bower, a sheltered place in a garden formed by trees or climbing plants trained over a framework: We sat in the bower, hidden from view.
The word is literary and evokes romantic or pastoral settings.
In cards, the two highest trumps in euchre are the right bower (jack of the trump suit) and left bower (jack of the same color).
Garden climbing structure
- pergolaLatticework frame for climbers
- gazeboRoofed outdoor shelter
- latticeOpenwork of crossed strips
- arborGarden trellis structure
archway · canopy · espalier · alcove · nook · climbing roses · jasmine · honeysuckle
Set apart, private
shelter · hideaway · solitude · privacy · tranquil · peaceful · quiet · shaded
trellis
Garden climbing structure
arbor · archway · canopy · espalier · alcove · nook · climbing roses · jasmine · honeysuckle · wisteria
secluded
Set apart, private
refuge · shelter · hideaway · solitude · privacy · tranquil · peaceful · quiet · shaded · enclosed
courtship
Seeking another's romantic favor
pastoral · rendezvous · enchantment · serenade · moonlight · sonnet · embrace · dalliance · intimacy · wooing
nest
Animal-built shelter for young
- displayPresentation for viewing
- courtshipSeeking another's romantic favor
- plumageBird's complete feather coat
ornamentation · decorated · collecting · mating · twigs · berries · feathers · treasures · male · female
bowerspublic squares
Open civic gathering areas
town squares · commons · parade grounds · forecourts · promenades
- leafy bower
- bower birdBird constructing elaborate courtship structures