Jan. 31st, 2013

pergola

Jan. 31st, 2013 07:15 am
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pergola (PUR-guh-luh) - n., a trellis-work roof used to support and train climbing plants; a colonnade or passageway with such a roof.


From Italian, from Late Latin pergula, a projecting eave (from pergere, to go forward). It was first in English used by John Evelyn in 1654.

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