bosket

or bos·quet

[ bos-kit ]

noun

1. a grove; thicket.

bosket

/ ˈbɒskɪt /

noun

1. a clump of small trees or bushes; thicket

Word History and Origins

Origin of bosket¹

1730–40; earlier bosquet < French < Italian boschetto, equivalent to bosc ( o ) wood ( bush ¹ ) + -etto -et

Word History and Origins

Origin of bosket¹

C18: from French bosquet , from Italian boschetto , from bosco wood, forest; see bush ¹

Example Sentences

It began prosecuting young adolescents as adults under a draconian law passed in 1978, in the aftermath of the Willie Bosket case.

From New York Times

Mr. Bosket was a 15-year-old black boy who fatally shot two men and wounded a third on the subway.

From New York Times

But the Raise the Age legislation didn’t roll back the so-called Willie Bosket Law, and end the practice of charging 13-, 14- and 15-year-olds as adults for serious violent felony charges.

From New York Times

In Episode 3, it provides historical perspective through the story of Willie Bosket, who, in 1978, at the age of fifteen, murdered two strangers on the subway and shot a third, terrifying much of New York City.

From The New Yorker

Bosket’s case led to the creation, that year, of New York’s Juvenile Offender Act, which allowed minors as young as thirteen to be tried as adults; the other forty-nine U.S. states followed suit.

From The New Yorker

Related Words

• foliage
• hedge
• shrubbery
• thicket
• topiary
• tree