noun
- a farm or farmyard, especially one that produces a particular crop or product
- a shaded garden walk or arbor formed by trees or climbing plants
Usage: chiefly British; often used in place names (e.g., 'dairy bowery')
Usage: archaic or literary
adjective
- resembling or characteristic of a bowery; rustic or rural
Usage: rare; archaic
Examples
- The old bowery on the hillside had been in the family for generations.
- They walked through the shaded bowery on a warm summer afternoon.
- The dairy bowery supplied milk to the village market.
- The estate included several boweries dedicated to different crops.
- A leafy bowery provided shelter from the afternoon sun.