birchen

American  

[bur-chuhn] / ˈbɜr tʃən /

adjective

1. of or relating to birch.

2. made or consisting of birch.

   birchen furniture.

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Etymology

Origin of birchen

late Middle English word dating back to 1400–50; see origin at birch, -en ²

Example Sentences

Golden cuckoo of the forest, Shaggy-haired and lovely creature, Do thou quit thy chilly dwelling, Do thou quit thy native desert, 120 And thy home of birchen branches, Wattled wigwam where thou dwellest.

From Kalevala, The Land of the Heroes, Volume Two by Lönnrot, Elias

Then she made anxious haste to empty and replace the last of the birchen cups before she should be left in darkness to grope her way back to the cabin.

From The House in the Water A Book of Animal Stories by Bull, Charles Livingston

The blackbirds in the birchen holts     The live-long day were singing, Where countless azure hyacinths     Their perfumed bells were ringing.

From The Dales of Arcady by Ratcliffe, Dorothy Una

Will you await me at half past ten in the birchen hut?

From A Noble Name or D?nninghausen by Gl?mer, Claire Von

Upon the bosom of the blue lakelet, the fountain of thy life, I have launched my birchen boat; and yielding to thy current, have floated softly southward.

From The Quadroon Adventures in the Far West by Reid, Mayne