Bĕl've-dēre', n.
(bĕl've-deer') n. [It. belvedere, lit. a beautiful sight, from bello, bel, beautiful, and vedere, to see.]
Sense 1. (It. Arch.) A small building constructed on the top of an edifice, and open to the air on one or more of its sides; as, the belvedere of the Vatican.
Sense 2. A summer-house on an eminence in a park or garden.