gazebo
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Etymology
Possibly from gaze + Latin conjugation ending -ebo (as in videbo); or possibly from Arabic قَصَبَة (qaṣaba) (whence also casbah), refashioned after gaze.
Pronunciation
Noun
gazebo (plural gazebos or gazeboes)
- A belvedere, either a type of summer-house or a roofed, detached porch-like structure, usually in a yard, park or lawn.
- 1734, Thomas Sheridan (Sr.), Letter from Dr. Sheridan to Dr. Swift; published in Deane Swift, editor, Letters Written by the late Jonathan Swift, D. D., volume v, London: C. Bathurst et al., 1768, page 367:
- 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")[1]
- 2019, Colson Whitehead, The Nickel Boys, Fleet, page 89:
- She led them around the back of the yard, where a gray, tired-looking gazebo perched at the edge of the oak trees.
Translations
roofed structure
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References
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