A surname. / A town in Delaware

Furnished with a bower.

present participle of bower

(nautical) each of the two main anchors of a ship, carried permanently attached to their cables on each side of the bow, always ready to be let go in case of an emergency.

Any bird of the Australasian family Ptilonorhynchidae noted for building display structures (bowers) and decorating them with bright objects such as shells, glass, flowers, etc.

plural of bower anchor

Clematis vitalba, a climbing clematis with fragrant blossoms.

(euchre) The jack of the other suit of the same colour as the trump (whose jack is called the right bower), and next to it in value.

(euchre) The jack of the trump suit, the highest card in the game except the joker.

(euchre) An extra card sometimes added to the pack, which takes precedence over all others as the highest card. / (nautical) The main bower (anchor from the bow) of a boat.