boscage

or bos·kage

[ bos-kij ]

noun

1. a mass of trees or shrubs; wood, grove, or thicket.

boscage

/ ˈbɒskɪdʒ /

noun

1. literary.
   a mass of trees and shrubs; thicket

Word History and Origins

Origin of boscage¹

1350–1400; Middle English boskage < Middle French boscage. See bosk, -age

Word History and Origins

Origin of boscage¹

C14: from Old French bosc , probably of Germanic origin; see bush ¹, -age

Example Sentences

The journey took 48 hours with a stopover in a Bates-style motel in the one-horse town of Marblemount – the last services for 70 wild miles of boscage and bears.

From The Guardian

Woody or bushy; covered with boscage or thickets.

From Project Gutenberg

Boscage; also, the state or quality of being bosky.

From Project Gutenberg

On such a spot fairies would pitch for their revels, noticing how the curtains of the shrubberies would mask their troopings, and the extending wings of boscage give surprise to their exits and entrances.

From Project Gutenberg

It was a perfect June night, the heavens a sable pall studded with innumerable star-clusters, the little vagrant breezes redolent of new mown hay, a nightingale singing in a nearby boscage.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

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