underbrush
Americannoun
noun
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Underbrush - what foresters call “ladder fuels” - now chokes the forests, turning what could have been beneficial fires into the “crown fires” that destroy hundreds of thousands of acres.
From Washington Times • Aug. 22, 2018
Underbrush impeded them, tore at her skirts and her bare ankles, till Channing picked her up in his arms and carried her; not easily, for he was little taller than herself, but very willingly.
From Kildares of Storm by Kelly, Eleanor Mercein
Underbrush so thick it seemed impassable, yet which twisted away from their approach as though afraid of a contaminating touch, only to swish back into place as soon as the men passed.
From Man of Many Minds by Evans, E. Everett (Edward Everett)
Underbrush, un′dėr-brush, n. brushwood or shrubs in a forest growing beneath large trees: undergrowth.—v.t. to clear away such—also Un′derbush.—vs.i.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various
Having cleared away the Underbrush, we will now proceed with the Narrative.
From Knocking the Neighbors by Ade, George
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