Arbor Day


noun

a day, varying in date but always in the spring, observed in certain states of the U.S. by the planting of trees.

Origin of Arbor Day

An Americanism dating back to 1870–75

Example sentences from the Web for arbor day

  • He made no reply, going on carefully with his arbor-day practice.

    V. V.'s Eyes |Henry Sydnor Harrison