ARBOUR

arbour, or arbor (originally "herber" or "erber," o. fr. _herbier_, from lat. _herbarium_, a collection of herbs, _herba_, grass; the word came to be spelt "arber" through its pronunciation, as in the case of derby, and by the 16th century was written "arbour," helped by a confusion of derivation from lat. _arbor_, a tree, and by change of meaning), a grass-plot or lawn, a herb-garden, or orchard, and a shady bower of interlaced trees, or climbing plants trained on lattice-work. the application of the word has shifted from the grass-covered ground, the proper meaning, to the covering of trees overhead. "arbor" (from the latin for "tree") is a term applied to the spindle of a wheel, particularly in clock-making.