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Definition of boscage in English English dictionary
- A place set with trees or mass of shrubbery, a grove or thicket
- Mast-nuts of forest trees, used as food for pigs, or any such sustenance as wood and trees yield to cattle
- Among painters, the term is used for a picture depicting a wooded scene
- {n} woods, woodlands, mast
- Food or sustenance for cattle, obtained from bushes and trees; also, a tax on wood
- {i} grove, thicket
- A growth of trees or shrubs; underwood; a thicket; thick foliage; a wooded landscape
boscage
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bos·cagePronunciation
Etymology
(noun.) 14th century. From the Middle English boskage, from the Old French boscage, from Proto-Germanic *bosk (“forest, woods”).Resimler
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