Gazebo

Japanese-style gazebo in Moscow
The Victorian-style bandstand gazebo at Fellows Riverside Gardens at Mill Creek Park, Youngstown, Ohio

A gazebo is a pavilion structure, sometimes octagonal or turret-shaped, often built in a park, garden, or spacious public area.[1] Some are used on occasions as bandstands.

The name is also now used for a tent like canopy structure with open sides used as partial shelter from sun and rain at outdoor events.[2]

  1. ^ A longer definition appears in the Merriam-Webster Concise Encyclopedia: Retrieved 25 October 2012.
  2. ^ "Cambridge English Dictionary".