单词 | bosket |
释义 | bosketbosquetn. A plantation in a garden, park, etc., of underwood and small trees; a thicket. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > forestry or arboriculture > [noun] > arboretum bosket1737 pinetum1828 arboretum1838 the world > plants > by growth or development > defined by habit > tree or woody plant > wood or assemblage of trees or shrubs > [noun] > planted, cultivated, or valued > coppice or grove hurst822 grove889 wood bough?c1225 wood lay?c1225 wood lind?c1225 wood rise?c1225 spring1396 firth?a1400 berwec1440 spring?c1475 grovet1504 coppice1538 copsewood1543 sherwood1562 hewt1575 copse1578 grove-crop1582 berrie1591 low wood1591 spinney1597 spinet1604 spring wood1607 roughet1616 oart1690 toft1706 under-grove1731 bosket1737 busket1803 1737 P. Miller Gardeners Dict. (ed. 3) Bosquets..are small Compartments of Gardens..form'd of Trees, Shrubs, or tall large growing plants. 1827 M. M. Sherwood Lady of Manor V. xxiii. 108 Nothing was to be seen but stiff parterres, trim avenues, close bosquets, grottoes, and Chinese bridges. 1828 W. Scott Fair Maid of Perth xii, in Chron. Canongate 2nd Ser. I. 316 There are bushes and boskets enough by the river side. 1833 T. Hook Parson's Daughter II. viii. 153 A gravel circle encompassing a bosquet of laurel, laurestinus and holly. 1859 L. Oliphant China & Japan I. xii. 237 Charming little boskets with mossy seats. Derivatives boˈsquettish adj. ΚΠ 1881 Academy No. 491. 252 To him plants become bosquettish. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online March 2019). < n.1737 |
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