canebrake

[ keyn-breyk ]

noun

1. a thicket of canes.

canebrake

/ ˈkeɪnˌbreɪk /

noun

1. a thicket of canes

Word History and Origins

Origin of canebrake¹

An Americanism dating back to 1765–75; cane + brake ²

Example Sentences

Raines vividly conjures the watery landscape into which the Africans stepped, an alligator-filled swamp once thick with canebrake, now transformed by hydroelectric dams.

From New York Times

For generations, serpent-handling Pentecostals have captured their own snakes—mostly timber and canebrake rattlesnakes, plus the occasional diamondback rattlesnake, cottonmouth, or copperhead that inhabit the Southeast.

From National Geographic

The Sun Sentinel reports a state Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission reports says officials confiscated several snakes found alive, including one copperhead, two canebrakes and seven Carolina pygmies.

From Washington Times

Coming through the canebrake into the road he’d seen a box.

From Literature

The rest of the hunt wasn’t much better, perhaps caused by contingents of “insurgent” reporters hunting the president through the canebrakes and scaring away animals.

From Washington Post