ramage
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of ramage
1610–20, in sense “the branches of a tree” (1936 in this sense); < French, equivalent to ram- ( Old French ram, raim ) branch (< Latin rāmus ) + -age -age
Example Sentences
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Asked if that meant the defendant also denied being in Orif village during the ramage, the spokesperson declined comment.
From Reuters ● Jul. 12, 2023
They were entirely private, screened more or less from the windows of the house by a ramage of trees, which, if leafless now, was at least dense enough to provide an effective lattice.
From Scaramouche by Rafael Sabatini
My lute, be as thou wert when thou did'st grow With thy green mother in some shady grove, When immelodious winds but made thee move, And birds their ramage did on thee bestow.
From The Golden Treasury Of the Best Songs and Lyrical Poems in the English Language by Francis Turner Palgrave
Athwart the ramage where the young leaves press It came to me, ah, call it what you will Vision or waking dream, I see it still!
From A Woman's Love Letters by Sophia Margaret Hensley
Sometimes a sunburst from the sky touches the woodland, and the ramage aloft sparkles like a gauze of silver over the russet and gold beneath.
From A West Country Pilgrimage by Eden Phillpots
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