bosk

[ bosk ]

noun

1. a small wood or thicket, especially of bushes.

bosk

/ bɒsk /

noun

1. literary.
   a small wood of bushes and small trees

Word History and Origins

Origin of bosk¹

1250–1300; Middle English boske, variant of busk ( e ) < Old Norse buskr bush ¹

Word History and Origins

Origin of bosk¹

C13: variant of busk bush ¹

Example Sentences

We were on our way to Versailles to see how things were coming along at the bosk.

From The New Yorker

Her eyes were deer-like—not those of a startled fawn, but like a doe's who stands gazing at a perfect park, whose bosks she takes to be real forests.

From Project Gutenberg

What leaps in the bosk but a satyr?

From Project Gutenberg

Some one or something was moving in the bosk.

From Project Gutenberg

Great bosks of ferns grew beside, and here and there a bush burning with autumn color.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• clump
• underbrush