| 单词 | browse line |
| 释义 | > as lemmasbrowse line browse line n. the level below which the foliage of trees and shrubs can be or has been reached and eaten by browsing animals. ΚΠ 1887 F. T. Havergal Herefordshire Words 8/2 Browse line, the height to which cattle can reach to bite. ‘Trim them apple trees, Jim, not too much, but just above the brouse line.’ 1938 S. W. Allen Introd. Amer. Forestry ix. 143 Most of the ground hemlock..has been destroyed within the past ten years by a herd of moose... A ‘browse line’ about 11 ft. from the ground may be readily discerned along parts of the shore. 2009 P. Whitefield Living Landscape 115 The most obvious sign of a resident deer population is a browse line, which they make by eating the leaves and smaller twigs off trees and bushes up to the height they can reach with their mouths. < as lemmas |
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