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

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

In those parts of Pennsylvania where there are many German settlers, the little sinners often find birchen rods suggestively placed in their stockings on Christmas morning.

From Threads of Grey and Gold by Reed, Myrtle

In this canoe, made of the outer rind of the birchen tree, they carry their family, and furniture, and all their worldly effects—children, dogs, fishing-tackle, guns, their tent, cooking utensils, and themselves.

From Gleanings by the Way by Clark, John A.

Even the fairy lore of my first-formed library—that of the birchen box—had impressed me less.

From My Schools and Schoolmasters or The Story of my Education. by Miller, Hugh