treed

[ treed ]

adjective

1. planted with trees; wooded:

   a treed hillside.

2. driven up a tree:

   a treed animal.

3. fitted with trees:

   treed boots.

Other Words From

• un·treed adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of treed¹

First recorded in 1855–60; tree + -ed ³

Example Sentences

The cattle, which were tracked from June to August over two years, had access to 625 acres of grasslands and treed areas ranging in elevation from 600 to 2,028 feet.

From Science Daily

The team quickly rallied, secured Ciarlo’s dogs and released their own hounds, which treed a young male they named Orion.

From Seattle Times

Set in an especially cheerless pocket of Southern California, where high-voltage lines loom over the sparsely treed landscape, it opens in the summer.

From New York Times

Some farmers positioned portable wind breaks and used treed areas to protect their herds from potentially deadly winds, said Karin Schmid, beef production and extension lead at the Alberta Beef Producers industry group.

From Reuters

“They’re either sparsely treed landscapes or, more often, are transitioning either in the short term or long term to more of a shrubland-type system.”

From Los Angeles Times

Related Words

• forested