c. 1300, herber, "herb garden," from Old French erbier "field, meadow; kitchen garden," from Latin herba "grass, herb" (see herb). Later "a grassy plot" (early [..]

An Arbor is a piece of framework that is designed to provide shade or a sitting area in the garden. They are usually made from wood or lattice, which also serves as a structure for climbing vines and other plants.

A shelter of vines or branches or of latticework covered with climbing shrubs or vines.

An open framework designed to offer shade and a resting place in a garden. Arbors are often made of rustic wood or latticework that also serve as a trellis on which climbing plants can grow.

the spindle, or axle, of a fly reel

n. A tree.

A solid steel rod or shaft that holds the slitting heads in alignment. A slitting line contains both an upper and lower arbor shaft. The strip of metal to be slit is pulled between the upper and lower [..]

tree

A shaft or spindle for holding cutting tools; most usually on a milling machine.

A spindle used for mounting parts to be turned

(n) tree (as opposed to shrub)(n) any of various rotating shafts that serve as axes for larger rotating parts(n) a framework that supports climbing plants

The shaft on a gear, pinion or wheel

The central shaft in the cylinder of a musical box.

Garden structure that can support plants and serves as a transition between sections of a yard or as an architectural feature that complements the landscape.

The principal axis member or spindle of a machine by which a motion of revolution is transmitted.

A kind of latticework formed of, or covered with, vines, branches of trees, or other plants, for shade; a bower. Origin: OE. Herber, herbere, properly a garden of herbs, F. Herbier, fr. L. Herbarium. See Herb, and cf. Herbarium. 1. <botany> A tree, as distinguished from a shrub. 2. [Cf. F. Arbre. <mechanics> An axle or spindle of a whee [..]