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A belvedere, either a type of summer-house or a roofed, detached porch-like structure, usually in a yard, park or lawn.
1734, Thomas Sheridan (Sr.), Letter from Dr. Sheridan to Dr. Swift; published in Deane Swift, editor, Letters Written by the late Jonathan Swift, D. D., volume v, London: C. Bathurst et al., 1768, page 367:
Ann dye Ned inn a gaze ay beau a pun a past Eye maid off any Sun ("and dined in a gazebo upon a pasty made of venison")[1]
1749, William Halfpenny, New and Compleat System of Architecture, London: John Brindley, page 7:
