Gazebos Definition–noun, plural -bos, -boes. | 1. | a structure, as an open or latticework pavilion or summerhouse, built on a site that provides an attractive view. | | 2. | a small roofed structure that is screened on all sides, used for outdoor entertaining and dining. | |
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Related topics from Britannicagazebo
lookout or belvedere in the form of a turret, cupola, or garden house set on a height to give an extensive view. The name is an 18th-century joke word combining "gaze" with the Latin suffix ebo, ...
garden and landscape design
Shelter structures, designed to protect from sun, rain, or wind, may incorporate enclosure elements at the sides with overhead elements, which may be open framework pergolas or arbors carrying vines ...
belvedere
(Italian: "beautiful view"), architectural structure built in an elevated position to provide lighting and ventilation and to command a fine view. Roofed but open on one or more sides, a belvedere ...
kiosk
originally, in Islamic architecture, an open circular pavilion consisting of a roof supported by pillars. The word has been applied to a wide variety of architectural elements. The summer palaces of ...
rotunda
in Classical and Neoclassical architecture, building or room within a building that is circular or oval in plan and covered with a dome. The ancestor of the rotunda was the tholus (tholos) of ...
folly
(from French folie, "foolishness"), also called Eyecatcher, in architecture, a costly, generally nonfunctional building that was erected to enhance a natural landscape. Follies first gained ...
chinoiserie
17th- and 18th-century Western style of interior design, furniture, pottery, textiles, and garden design that represents fanciful European interpretations of Chinese styles. In the first decades of ...
landscape architecture
the development and decorative planting of gardens, yards, grounds, parks, and other planned green outdoor spaces. Landscape gardening is used to enhance nature and to create a natural setting for ...
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Los Angeles Daily News - Found Oct. 26, 2008
'We've put them in gazebos, we've put them under arches,' she says.
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Shelter on the Pacific coast
Point Reyes Light - Found Oct. 24, 2008
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The Parents Journal - Found Oct. 25, 2008
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USAgNet - Found Oct. 24, 2008
... exhibits and are surrounded by a 30-acre conservation park with over a mile of walking trails, six picnic gazebos and the Redlin Pavilion.
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Architects' Journal - Found Oct. 23, 2008
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Prancing Price no match for Rourke in the ring or Newman on the ...
Guardian Unlimited - Found Oct. 22, 2008
... tell me that a former glamour model and her horse trotting about on a patch of sand surrounded by gazebos, next to a motorway caravan park, is...
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NRDC Readies 385,000-SF Shopping Center
GlobeSt.com - Found Oct. 20, 2008
Improvements include a tree-lined entrance, gazebos, a public plaza for civic events, extended sidewalks for outdoor dining and generally...
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