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Beyond Glurns the road traversed the valley in a diagonal line through a dreary avenue of stunted limes, which in their naked leaflessness looked in the distance like a palisade.

From The Courtship of Morrice Buckler A Romance by Mason, A. E. W. (Alfred Edward Woodley)

Alas! poor covert now in their naked leaflessness for the stricken deer!

From Recreations of Christopher North, Volume 2 by Wilson, John

This wicket opened directly on a path that wound through a plantation of yews interspersed with tall beeches and elms, whose overarching tops intensified even in Wintry leaflessness the prevalent gloom.

From Plashers Mead A Novel by MacKenzie, Compton

On the right a high hedge showed through its bare leaflessness and gaps here and there, a wide sweep of view over the valley beneath.

From The Heath Hover Mystery by Mitford, Bertram

Bald refers to leaflessness of tree in winter.

From Wood and Forest by Noyes, William