bowery

What it means

1. Structure with roof for shade but with no walls used for public gatherings. A pavilion.

   This year’s Easter egg hunt will be at the community bowery on Saturday, April 15.

   2017, Lacie Kotter, “Howell Hotline - Awaiting a welcome sign,”, in The Herald Journal

   1 more example

   The group performed in the old bowery, an open-air building with a roof of branches laid over vertical poles, the forerunner of the first tabernacle.

   2005, Martha Sonntag Bradley-Evans, “Evolving Roles and Diverse Expressions”, in Women in Utah History: Paradigm Or Paradox, University Press of Colorado

In a sentence

The group performed in the old bowery, an open-air building with a roof of branches laid over vertical poles, the forerunner of the first tabernacle.

2005, Martha Sonntag Bradley-Evans, “Evolving Roles and Diverse Expressions”, in Women in Utah History: Paradigm Or Paradox, University Press of Colorado

Where it comes from

From bower + -y.