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boscage

American  
[bos-kij] / ˈbɒs kɪdʒ /
Or boskage

noun

  1. a mass of trees or shrubs; wood, grove, or thicket.


boscage British  
/ ˈbɒskɪdʒ /

noun

  1. literary a mass of trees and shrubs; thicket

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of boscage

1350–1400; Middle English boskage < Middle French boscage. See bosk, -age

Example Sentences

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The journey took 48 hours with a stopover in a Bates-style motel in the one-horse town of Marblemount – the last services for 70 wild miles of boscage and bears.

From The Guardian • Feb. 16, 2021

When he came to paint it, Stubbs set it in an English wood, its black-and-white hide in almost shocking contrast to the green tunnels of boscage and filtered shade that stretch behind it.

From Time Magazine Archive

A mockingbird was singing from out the boscage of the laurel near at hand, and the night wind was astir.

From The Frontiersmen by Murfree, Mary Noailles

But with a frightful effort he controlled himself, lifted his hat slightly to Lynette, turned and leaped back to the stone he had quitted, strode through the reed-beds, and plunged back into the tangled boscage.

From The Dop Doctor by Dehan, Richard

On such a spot fairies would pitch for their revels, noticing how the curtains of the shrubberies would mask their troopings, and the extending wings of boscage give surprise to their exits and entrances.

From England by Fox, Frank, Sir

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