arbor
/ˈɑɹbɚ/ noun C2- An axis or shaft supporting a rotating part on a lathe.
- A bar for supporting cutting tools.
- A spindle of a wheel.
Plural arbors
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The feast had been made ready on the second floor at La Réserve, with whose arbor the reader is already familiar.
I only wish I could see it now as plainly as I saw it lying all crushed and crumpled in a corner of the arbor.”
“To have seen them both sitting at table together under an arbor at Père Pamphile’s the evening before the day fixed for my wedding.
He did not see the Englishman fold up and place in his pocket the accusation written by Danglars under the arbor of La Réserve, and which had the postmark, “Marseilles, 27th February, delivery 6 o’clock, P.M.”
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