boscage

noun
/bɒskɪdʒ/UK/bɑskɪd͡ʒ/US

Etymology

From the Middle English boskage, from the Old French boscage, from Vulgar Latin *boscāticum, from Late Latin boscus, from Frankish *busk (compare Middle Dutch busch), from Proto-Germanic *buskaz (“forest, woods”).

  1. derived from *buskaz
  2. derived from *busk
  3. derived from boscus
  4. derived from *boscāticum
  5. derived from boscage
  6. inherited from boskage

Definitions

  1. A place set with trees or mass of shrubbery, a grove or thicket.

    • At the entrance of the king, the first traverse was drawn, and the lower descent of the mountain discovered, which was the pendant of a hill to life, with divers boscages and grovets upon the steep or hanging grounds thereof.
    • The shadiest boskage covers it perpetually.
    • An abundance of bird life dwells in the luxuriant boscage of the cuttings, and the whole six miles provide a rich field of study for the botanist.
  2. Mast-nuts of forest trees, used as food for pigs, or any such sustenance as wood and…

    Mast-nuts of forest trees, used as food for pigs, or any such sustenance as wood and trees yield to cattle.

  3. Among painters, a picture depicting a wooded scene.

  4. + 1 more definition
    1. A tax on wood.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA