embower
to shelter in or as in a bower; cover or surround with foliage.
Origin of embower
1- Also im·bow·er [im-bou-er] /ɪmˈbaʊ ər/ .
Other words from embower
- un·em·bow·ered, adjective
Words Nearby embower
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How to use embower in a sentence
Vines were planted that in the course of time would cover and embower it; there was a tiny fireplace for chilly days.
Mark Twain, A Biography, 1835-1910, Complete | Albert Bigelow PaineAnd again keep the tone level on the first line of the next stanza, "like a rose embower'd."
Vocal Expression | Katherine Jewell Evertsembower a cottage thickly and completely with nothing but roses, and nobody would desire the interference of another plant.
Garden-Craft Old and New | John D. SeddingBright flowers ornament the gardens, and gay creepers embower doors and windows.
First, the water-works tower rises above the mass of trees which embower the settlement.
Historic Waterways--Six Hundred Miles of Canoeing Down the Rock, Fox, and Wisconsin Rivers | Reuben Gold Thwaites
British Dictionary definitions for embower
/ (ɪmˈbaʊə) /
(tr) archaic to enclose in or as in a bower
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