Sekirov Dictionary

bowery

/ˈbaʊəɹi/

adjective 1
noun 2
forms 5

adjective1

•
Sheltered by trees; leafy; shady.
- Such a man had no chance whatever in this flowery and bowery little suburb. — 1906

noun2

•
Structure with roof for shade but with no walls used for public gatherings. A pavilion.
- The group performed in the old bowery, an open-air building with a roof of branches laid over vertical poles, the forerunner of the first tabernacle. — 2005
•
(no longer used) In the early settlements of New York State, USA, a farm or estate.
- His estate, or bowery, as it was called, has ever continued in the possession of his descendants. — 1809

forms

boweries · bowerier · more bowery · boweriest · most bowery

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