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Pergola   /pˈərgələ/  /pərgˈoʊlə/   Listen
Pergola

noun
1.
A framework that supports climbing plants.  Synonyms: arbor, arbour, bower.






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"Pergola" Quotes from Famous Books



... of talk—none whatever!" said Folliot. "Here!—we'll sit down on that bench, amongst the roses. Quite private here—nobody about. And now," he continued, as Glassdale accompanied him to a rustic bench set beneath a pergola of rambler roses, "who are you, like? I read a queer account in this morning's local paper of what happened in the Cathedral grounds yonder last night, and there was a person of your name mentioned. ...
— The Paradise Mystery • J. S. Fletcher

... were sitting in the corner of one of the villa's terraced walks, amid a scented wilderness of flowers. Above them was a canopy of purple and yellow—rose and wistaria; while through the arches of the pergola which ran along the walk gleamed all those various blues which make the spell of Como—the blue and white of the clouds, the purple of the mountains, ...
— Lady Rose's Daughter • Mrs. Humphry Ward



Words linked to "Pergola" :   arbour, framework, grape arbor, grape arbour



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