gazebo

Meanings

1. A belvedere, either a type of summer-house or a roofed, detached porch-like structure, usually in a yard, park or lawn.
2. A dismountable shelter comprising a roof or awning supported by poles, and often having removable sides; a canopy tent
3. a gaudy, incongruous, or flimsy structure or object

Etymology

Possibly from gaze + Latin future indicative conjugation-ending -bō, as in vidēbō (“I will see”), comparable perhaps to lavabo from Latin lavābō (“I will wash”); alternatively from Arabic قَصَبَة (qaṣaba, “fort, casbah”), itself possibly refashioned after the former.