gazebo

Definition

A belvedere, either a type of summer-house or a roofed, detached porch-like structure, usually in a yard, park or lawn.

Etymology

Possibly from gaze + Latin future indicative conjugation-ending -bō, as in vidēbō (“I will see”), comparable perhaps to lavabo from Latin lavābō (“I will wash”); alternatively from Arabic قَصَبَة (qaṣaba, “fort, casbah”), itself possibly refashioned after the former.

Example Sentences

• "Ann dye Ned inn a gaze ay beau a pun a past Eye maid off any Sun ("and dined in a gazebo upon a pasty made of venison")"
• "over which is a gazebo room 10 feet square"
• "She led them around the back of the yard, where a gray, tired-looking gazebo perched at the edge of the oak trees."