rockeriedadj.
/ˈrɒk(ə)rɪd/, U.S. /ˈrɑkərid/ That has a rockery as a feature; adorned with rockeries.
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1898 R. Le Gallienne Young Lives i. 9 A house boasting a few shabby trees of its own, in its damp little rockeried slips of front and back gardens.
1966 J. Betjeman High & Low 67 But strew the roads with tin signs ‘Keep Left’, ‘M4’, ‘Keep Out!’ Command, instruction, warning, Repetitive adorning The rockeried roundabout.
1979 B. T. Bradford Woman of Substance iii. xxxiii. 448 Rockeried paths and open spaces of grass, as smooth as emerald satin, were enclosed by additional shrubs and trees.
2005 Birmingham Mail (Nexis) 28 Oct. 87 Here eyes will be drawn to the rockeried water feature.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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