bowery

See also:Bowery

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/ˈbaʊəɹi/

Etymology 1

Frombower+‎-y.

Noun

bowery(pluralboweries)

1. Structurewith roof for shade but with no walls used for public gatherings. Apavilion.
   • 2005,Martha Sonntag Bradley-Evans,“Evolving Roles and Diverse Expressions”, inWomen 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,”, inThe Herald Journal:

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

Adjective

bowery(comparativebowerierormorebowery,superlativeboweriestormostbowery)

1. Shelteredbytrees;leafy;shady.
   • 1906,George Gissing,“Fate and the Apothecary,”, inThe House of Cobwebs and Other Stories:

     Such a man had no chance whatever in this flowery andbowerylittle suburb.

Related terms

• bower

Translations

Sheltered by trees; leafy

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

Etymology 2

Frombower+‎-y,calqueofDutchbouwerij.

Noun

bowery(pluralboweries)

1. (archaic)In the earlysettlementsof New York State, USA, afarmorestate.
   • 1809,Washington Irving,chapter 65, inKnickerbocker's History of New York:

     His estate, orbowery,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 onboweriesor plantations[…]

Anagrams

• Bowyer,bowyer