bower

Definition

A bedroom or private apartments, especially for a woman in a medieval castle.

Etymology

From Middle English bour, from Old English būr, from Proto-West Germanic *būr, from Proto-Germanic *būrą (“room, abode”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian Búur (“storage room, utility room; cage”), German Bauer (“birdcage”), Old Norse búr (“cage”) (Danish bur, Norwegian Bokmål bur, Swedish bur).

Example Sentences

• "Give me my lute in bed now as I lie, / And lock the doors of mine unlucky bower."
• "Rosa refused to return to the lair of the raper, but was induced to give Tudy what his mother described as ‘his last bit of happiness’ in a bower hastily got ready at Montrose, the La Plante mansion on Greenock Heights."
• "While friends arrived in circles gay, To visit Damon's bower"