(bou′ər) noun
1. A shady recess; a retired dwelling; a rustic cottage.
2. A private apartment; boudoir.
3. An arbor.
—v.t. To enclose in or as in a bower; embower. [OE bur chamber]
—bow′er·y adjective

(bou′ər) noun
Either of the two highest cards (the knave of trumps or right bower and the knave of the same color or left bower) in the game of euchre, unless the joker is used, which is then usually called the best bower. [<G bauer peasant, knave in a deck of cards]

(bou′ər) noun Naut.
A large anchor carried on the bow of a vessel. Also bower anchor.