bocage

[ boh-kahzh ]

noun

, Fine Arts.

1. a decorative motif of trees, branches, or foliage, as in a tapestry or a ceramic figure group.

bocage

/ bɒˈkɑːʒ /

noun

1. the wooded countryside characteristic of northern France, with small irregular-shaped fields and many hedges and copses
2. woodland scenery represented in ceramics

Word History and Origins

Origin of bocage¹

1635–45; < French; Old French boscage boscage

Word History and Origins

Origin of bocage¹

C17: from French, from Old French bosc ; see boscage

Example Sentences

At Moissy they headed into a one-lane road, both banks thick with bocage.

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The other, benign, face of the bocage was its role as an unbelievably productive larder.

From The Daily Beast

These “Rhinos” sliced through the bocage in seconds and changed the course of the battle.

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The invasion of Fortress Europe began on the beaches but nearly ended in the tangled bocage of the countryside.

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In after years two distinguished members of the profession in France, M. Bocage and Mdme.

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"Our nobles of Le Bocage would not have done such a thing," said the Boquin, throwing back his head.

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He asks you to go for him to the Bocage, and to beg the mother of Jean Nesmy to let her son come back to be my husband.

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In "the soft retirement of my bocage de Bentinck Street" the dog-days pass unheeded.

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As early as the 1st of May, some symptoms of commotion had been observed in le Bocage.

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