bowery

See also: Bowery

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbaʊəɹi/

Etymology 1

From bower +‎ -y.

Noun

bowery (plural boweries)

1. Structure with roof for shade but with no walls used for public gatherings. A pavilion.
   • 2005, Martha Sonntag Bradley-Evans, “Evolving Roles and Diverse Expressions”, in Women in Utah History: Paradigm Or Paradox, University Press of Colorado:

     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.

   • 2017, Lacie Kotter, “Howell Hotline - Awaiting a welcome sign,”, in The Herald Journal:

     This year’s Easter egg hunt will be at the community bowery on Saturday, April 15.

Adjective

bowery (comparative bowerier or more bowery, superlative boweriest or most bowery)

1. Sheltered by trees; leafy; shady.
   • 1906, George Gissing, “Fate and the Apothecary,”, in The House of Cobwebs and Other Stories:

     Such a man had no chance whatever in this flowery and bowery little suburb.

Related terms

• bower

Translations

Sheltered by trees; leafy

• Bulgarian: зашумен (bg) (zašumen), сенчест (bg) (senčest)
• Czech: listnatý (cs), stinný

Etymology 2

From bower +‎ -y, calque of Dutch bouwerij.

Noun

bowery (plural boweries)

1. (archaic) In the early settlements of New York State, USA, a farm or estate.
   • 1809, Washington Irving, chapter 65, in Knickerbocker's History of New York:

     His estate, or bowery, as it was called, has ever continued in the possession of his descendants.

   • 1834–1874, George Bancroft, History of the United States, from the Discovery of the American Continent, volume (please specify |volume=I to X), Boston, Mass.: Little, Brown and Company [et al.], →OCLC:

     The emigrants [in New York] were scattered on boweries or plantations […]

Anagrams

• Bowyer, bowyer