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arboured en · ADJ

Etymology

From arbour + -ed.

Meanings

  1. (alt-of, alternative, not-comparable) Alternative spelling of arbored
    alt of arbored
    • Its tower-like bulk of a bole mounted into the arboured gloom[…] 1950, Mervyn Peake, chapter 25, in Gormenghast, London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, →OCLC:
    • Take the little walkway back from the street and discover an arboured garden patio setting decorated with appealingly kitsch painted statues and coloured fairy lights. 2010, Martin Dunford, The Rough Guide to Italy, Rough Guides, published 2011, →ISBN:
    • […] but later she apologized to the quaint court-yard for her misunderstanding, and was more than tolerant of her vast bedroom draped with yellow satin, and opening on an arboured terrace worthy even of a Countess Dalmar. 1905, C. N. Williamson, A. M. Williamson, chapter XVIII, in My Friend the Chauffeur, A. L. Burt Company: