boughed

American

[baud] / baʊd /

adjective

having a bough or boughs (usually used in combination).

golden-boughed elms.
covered or shaded with boughs.

a boughed retreat in the woods.

Etymology

Origin of boughed

Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400; see origin at bough, -ed ³

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Green- boughed firs stretched away in endless, disordered rows, each direction a mirror of the others.

From "Hollow City" by Ransom Riggs

"How warm and snug one could sleep under that low boughed pine, yonder; I'd like to live in the forest were there no panthers, wolves, or bears."

From Donald McElroy, Scotch Irishman by Willie Walker Caldwell

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