1. A framework that supports climbing plants
   "the arbour provided a shady resting place in the park";
   - arbor [N. Amer, Austral], bower, pergola
    
2. Tree (as opposed to shrub)
   "They planted an arbour of fruit trees in the backyard";
   - arbor [N. Amer, Austral]
    
3. Any of various rotating shafts that serve as axes for larger rotating parts
   "The machinist used an arbour to shape the cylindrical workpiece";
   - spindle, mandrel, mandril, arbor [N. Amer, Austral]

Derived forms: arbours

Type of: frame, framework, rotating shaft, shaft, tree

Part of: drive

Encyclopedia: Arbour, Victoria