bosquet
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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The girls used to go to the bosquet, which adjoined the gardens of the palace, collect flowers, and make a garland, which they hung on a rope stretched across the court-yard of the palace.
From Valerie by Marryat, Frederick
The Cardinal watched the patch of brilliant light until it disappeared behind a projecting bosquet.
From The Tangled Skein by Orczy, Emmuska Orczy, Baroness
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 Ainsworth, William Harrison
A bosquet of climbing heliotrope close by threw a fragrance into the evening air, which turned her giddy with its overpowering sweetness.
From The Elusive Pimpernel by Orczy, Emmuska Orczy, Baroness
A spectre that impresses as wearing rags under a gorgeous robe, lurks among the foliage of the quiet bosquet beyond the orangerie.
From A Versailles Christmas-Tide by Boyd, A. S.
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