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reed-bed [reed n.1] A bed or growth of reeds. (Common in recent use.)
c1000ælfric Exod. ii. 3 Heo..asette hyne on anum hreodbedde be þæs flodes ofre. 1483Cath. Angl. 302/1 Rede bede, arundinetum, cannetum. 1732Ainsworth Lat. Dict. I. s.v. Reed, A reed bed, bank, or plot, arundinetum. 1843Zoologist I. 97 The reed-beds on the banks of the Thames. 1897E. Conybeare Hist. Cambridgesh. 5 The Great Copper butterfly..no longer brightens the reed-beds. |