- a variation of bosket.
bosquet
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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With a sour smile he got upon his feet, and, making an elaborate courtesy to Madame de St. André, passed through the colonnade from the bosquet.
From Calvert of Strathore by Carter Goodloe
Turning quickly and noiselessly in the direction from which the sound seemed to have come, he found himself in an instant in a thick and beautiful bosquet.
From Calvert of Strathore by Carter Goodloe
The bosquet was covered with an odorous tangle of blossoming creepers, and a nightingale overhead was shaking out love-notes with a profusion that made the Count feel his own conduct the last word of propriety.
From Madame De Mauves by Henry James
Amidst the bosquet stood a listener to their converse—a little girl with high shoulders and sharp features, on which diabolical malice was stamped.
From The Lancashire Witches A Romance of Pendle Forest by William Harrison Ainsworth
The great gardens were brought into use in all the beauty of flower and vine, of lawn and bosquet, of terrace and fountain.
From The Tapestry Book by Mrs. Helen Churchill Hungerford Candee
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