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shrubbery|ˈʃrʌbərɪ|
[f. shrub n.1 + -ery.]
1. A plantation of shrubs; a plot planted with shrubs.
1748Lady Luxborough Let. to Shenstone 16 Oct., Nature has been so remarkably kind this last Autumn to adorn my Shrubbery with the flowers that usually blow at Whitsuntide. 1791T. Newte Tour Eng. & Scot. 139 A beautiful shrubbery of birch, oak, and alders. 1841B. Hall Patchwork I. x. 158 The house and terrace were sheltered by a thick shrubbery. 1877Black Green Past. ii, She passed through some dense shrubberies..until she came to an open space at the edge of a wood.
attrib.1786Abercrombie Gard. Assist. 56 Grass lawns, gravel walks, shrubbery compartments. 1895Scully Kafir Stories 58 [He] walked quickly down the shrubbery path.
2. Shrubs collectively or in a mass.
1777G. Forster Voy. round World I. 64 Several species of lizards, land-tortoises, and serpents frequent the dry shrubbery. 1837H. Martineau Soc. Amer. 15 Birch and ash grew around the bases of the pillars, and shrubbery tufted the sides. 1883Harper's Mag. Jan. 199 The light-toned masses of maple, alder, and small shrubbery along the water-side.
3. transf. A beard or whiskers. joc.
1937Wodehouse Lord Emsworth & Others ii. 101 Something has eaten off Sir Preston's moustache... I met him outside, and the shrubbery had completely disappeared. 1966J. S. Cox Illustr. Dict. Hairdressing 137/2 Shrubbery, a false beard; also the natural beard. |