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gazebo

(gə-zā'bō, -zē'-) pronunciation

n., pl. -bos or -boes.

A freestanding, roofed, usually open-sided structure providing a shady resting place.
A belvedere.

[Origin unknown.]

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Real Estate Dictionary: Gazebo

A small, partially enclosed roofed structure in a park or garden affording shade and rest. Originally, like a belvedere, a structure situated to command an attractive view.

Britannica Concise Encyclopedia: gazebo

Lookout in the form of a turret, cupola (small, lanternlike dome), or garden house set on a height to give an extensive view. Few late-18th- and 19th-century rustic gazebos survive, but 17th-century turrets built up in an angle of the garden wall are not uncommon. The term now often refers specifically to a freestanding roofed structure, typically octagonal, with open or latticework sides.

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Architecture: gazebo

A small ornamental structure, such as a pavilion, often providing a splendid view; usually built in a garden, in a park, or along a stream; same as belvedere or summerhouse.

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Gardener's Dictionary: gazebo

A roofed, open-sided structure, usually round or octagonal, used as a shady resting place in a garden.

Wikipedia: gazebo

This article is about the pavilion structure. For the Italian singer with the stage name Gazebo, see Paul Mazzolini. For Player Project Gazebo, see Player Project.

A gazebo is a pavilion structure commonly found in parks, gardens, and spacious public areas. Gazebos are freestanding, roofed, and open on all sides; they provide shade, basic shelter, ornamental features in a landscape, and a place to rest. In their original use—the word appears in English in 1752— they were sited to take advantage of a view, so much so that among the false etymologies for gazebo are Que c'est beau (French: "How beautiful") and the Macaronic Latin gazebo ("I shall gaze").

Earlier examples of garden pavilions that have survived were more solidly built, though open to views. Pavilions that a later generation might have termed gazebos are the garden houses at Montacute House. Some gazebos in public parks are large enough to serve as bandstands.

Gazebos are sometimes equipped with screen sides to ward off flying insects and may be constructed from various materials. Some tent-style gazebos use no traditional building materials at all, relying only on poles and tensioned fabric, usually nylon. While they offer little protection from the elements, they provide shade along with largely unobstructed views and have recently gained popularity due to growing concerns about mosquito-carried West Nile virus.

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A large gazebo on the grounds of Iolani Palace, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA

This gazebo inside the spacious Singapore Botanic Gardens also serves as a bandstand.

The gazebo made for the wedding of Tricia Nixon and Edward F. Cox in 1971

Duck pond with gazebo at apartment in Covington, Georgia. June 2007

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		Wikipedia. This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article "Gazebo". Read more
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