underbrushn.

Brit.

/ˈʌndəbrʌʃ/, U.S.

/ˈəndərˌbrəʃ/

Etymology: under- prefix¹ 2b(c).

a. Shrubs and small trees forming the undergrowth in a forest. Originally and chiefly U.S.; common from c1845.

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > by growth or development > defined by habit > tree or woody plant > wood or assemblage of trees or shrubs > [noun] > brushwood, scrub, or underwood

ronea1300

underwooda1325

rammel1338

brushetc1380

scroga1400

bushailec1400

frithing1429

brushal1430

brushc1440

ronec1440

thevec1440

garsil1483

shroga1500

cablish1594

south-bois1598

undergrowth1600

frith1605

hand timber1664

subbois1664

urith1671

brushwood1732

bush-wood1771

underbrush1775

slop1784

woodiness1796

scrub1805

shag1836

chaparral1845

underbush1849

underscrub1870

sand-brush1871

buck-brush1874

bush1879

horizontal scrub1888

tangle-wood1894

shin-tangle1905

1775 J. Jeffrey Jrnl. 3 Apr. in Essex Inst. Hist. Coll. (1914) L. 107 The fire ran among the leaves & dry underbrush for upwards of a mile.

1810 A. Wilson Foresters in Port Folio III. 161 Here piles of logs like furnaces appear, The rows of underbrush rage far and near.

1840 R. H. Dana Two Years before Mast xix. 192 The next thing was to clear away the under-brush, and have fair play at the trees.

1888 R. L. Stevenson Black Arrow i. vi. 74 It was a tall grove of oaks, firm under foot and clear of underbrush.

b. figurative.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > [noun] > one who or that which hinders > a hindrance, impediment, or obstacle

hinderc1200

withsetting1340

obstaclec1385

traversea1393

mara1400

bayc1440

stoppagec1450

barrace1480

blocka1500

objecta1500

clog1526

stumbling-stone1526

bar1530

(to cast) a trump in (one's) way1548

stumbling-stock1548

hindrance1576

a log in one's way1579

crossbar1582

log1589

rub1589

threshold1600

scotch1601

dam1602

remora1604

obex1611

obstructiona1616

stumbling-blocka1616

fence1639

affront1642

retardance1645

stick1645

balk1660

obstruent1669

blockade1683

sprun1684

spoke1689

cross cause1696

uncomplaisance1707

barrier1712

obstruct1747

dike1770

abatis1808

underbrush1888

bunker1900

bump1909

sprag1914

hurdle1924

headwind1927

mudhole1933

monkey wrench1937

roadblock1945

1888 Kansas State Hist. Soc. Trans. (1890) IV. 274 The underbrush of forgetfulness has so grown that but few in Kansas know that Joel K. Goodin ever lived.

1927 Bulletin (Glasgow) 6 Apr. 16/1 Taking up a tarnished knife and fork, he pushed aside the underbrush of onions and came face to face with his steak.

1938 E. J. Ellison in Christian Sci. Monitor 15 June (Weekly Mag.) 3/1 Why not have a special judge to clear out the legal underbrush, and call it a ‘pre-trial’.

1968 Med. World News 20 Sept. 86/2 It drags the reader through dense verbal underbrush.

Derivatives

ˈunderbrush v. (transitive) to clear of underwood.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > reclamation > reclaim [verb (transitive)] > clear land

redeeOE

ridlOE

grubc1374

stub1464

clot1483

shrub1553

clear1634

cure1719

stump1796

spade1819

slash1821

underbrush1824

to clean up1839

underbush1886

screef1913

1824 Canad. Mag. III. 246 Every year we..have a quantity of wood land under-brushed.

1865 P. B. St. John Snow Ship vi A thorough good chopper, after the land is underbrushed, will, in eight days, on an average, fell the trees.

1896 Home Missionary (N.Y.) Jan. 461 The minister..begins to underbrush and cut down the giant sins that have grown on such fat soil.

1964 E. C. Guillet Pioneer Days Upper Canada (ed. 2) 122 After underbrushing the piece of land the workers proceeded with logging.

ˈunderbrushing n. also figurative.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > reclamation > [noun] > clearing land

ridding1347

grubbingc1440

stubbing1445

stockingc1460

assart1534

clotting1601

extirpation1607

shrubbing1611

moling1617

averruncation1656

twitching1799

underbrushing1838

clearance1851

screefing1919

reslashing1934

underscrubbing1935

swidden1955

1838 Six Years in Bush 80 Underbrushing consists in cutting and removing all the young trees and brushwood.

1863 E. H. Walshe Cedar Creek 103 They wished even for the corduroy expedient a little farther on, when the line became encumbered with stumps left from the under-brushing.

1933 D. G. Cameron Twigs from Oak 124 That process..called ‘underbrushing’, was continued over a space about twenty yards wide.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	underbrush
释义	underbrushn. Brit. /ˈʌndəbrʌʃ/, U.S. /ˈəndərˌbrəʃ/ Etymology: under- prefix¹ 2b(c). a. Shrubs and small trees forming the undergrowth in a forest. Originally and chiefly U.S.; common from c1845. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > by growth or development > defined by habit > tree or woody plant > wood or assemblage of trees or shrubs > [noun] > brushwood, scrub, or underwood ronea1300 underwooda1325 rammel1338 brushetc1380 scroga1400 bushailec1400 frithing1429 brushal1430 brushc1440 ronec1440 thevec1440 garsil1483 shroga1500 cablish1594 south-bois1598 undergrowth1600 frith1605 hand timber1664 subbois1664 urith1671 brushwood1732 bush-wood1771 underbrush1775 slop1784 woodiness1796 scrub1805 shag1836 chaparral1845 underbush1849 underscrub1870 sand-brush1871 buck-brush1874 bush1879 horizontal scrub1888 tangle-wood1894 shin-tangle1905 1775 J. Jeffrey Jrnl. 3 Apr. in Essex Inst. Hist. Coll. (1914) L. 107 The fire ran among the leaves & dry underbrush for upwards of a mile. 1810 A. Wilson Foresters in Port Folio III. 161 Here piles of logs like furnaces appear, The rows of underbrush rage far and near. 1840 R. H. Dana Two Years before Mast xix. 192 The next thing was to clear away the under-brush, and have fair play at the trees. 1888 R. L. Stevenson Black Arrow i. vi. 74 It was a tall grove of oaks, firm under foot and clear of underbrush. b. figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > [noun] > one who or that which hinders > a hindrance, impediment, or obstacle hinderc1200 withsetting1340 obstaclec1385 traversea1393 mara1400 bayc1440 stoppagec1450 barrace1480 blocka1500 objecta1500 clog1526 stumbling-stone1526 bar1530 (to cast) a trump in (one's) way1548 stumbling-stock1548 hindrance1576 a log in one's way1579 crossbar1582 log1589 rub1589 threshold1600 scotch1601 dam1602 remora1604 obex1611 obstructiona1616 stumbling-blocka1616 fence1639 affront1642 retardance1645 stick1645 balk1660 obstruent1669 blockade1683 sprun1684 spoke1689 cross cause1696 uncomplaisance1707 barrier1712 obstruct1747 dike1770 abatis1808 underbrush1888 bunker1900 bump1909 sprag1914 hurdle1924 headwind1927 mudhole1933 monkey wrench1937 roadblock1945 1888 Kansas State Hist. Soc. Trans. (1890) IV. 274 The underbrush of forgetfulness has so grown that but few in Kansas know that Joel K. Goodin ever lived. 1927 Bulletin (Glasgow) 6 Apr. 16/1 Taking up a tarnished knife and fork, he pushed aside the underbrush of onions and came face to face with his steak. 1938 E. J. Ellison in Christian Sci. Monitor 15 June (Weekly Mag.) 3/1 Why not have a special judge to clear out the legal underbrush, and call it a ‘pre-trial’. 1968 Med. World News 20 Sept. 86/2 It drags the reader through dense verbal underbrush. Derivatives ˈunderbrush v. (transitive) to clear of underwood. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > reclamation > reclaim [verb (transitive)] > clear land redeeOE ridlOE grubc1374 stub1464 clot1483 shrub1553 clear1634 cure1719 stump1796 spade1819 slash1821 underbrush1824 to clean up1839 underbush1886 screef1913 1824 Canad. Mag. III. 246 Every year we..have a quantity of wood land under-brushed. 1865 P. B. St. John Snow Ship vi A thorough good chopper, after the land is underbrushed, will, in eight days, on an average, fell the trees. 1896 Home Missionary (N.Y.) Jan. 461 The minister..begins to underbrush and cut down the giant sins that have grown on such fat soil. 1964 E. C. Guillet Pioneer Days Upper Canada (ed. 2) 122 After underbrushing the piece of land the workers proceeded with logging. ˈunderbrushing n. also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > reclamation > [noun] > clearing land ridding1347 grubbingc1440 stubbing1445 stockingc1460 assart1534 clotting1601 extirpation1607 shrubbing1611 moling1617 averruncation1656 twitching1799 underbrushing1838 clearance1851 screefing1919 reslashing1934 underscrubbing1935 swidden1955 1838 Six Years in Bush 80 Underbrushing consists in cutting and removing all the young trees and brushwood. 1863 E. H. Walshe Cedar Creek 103 They wished even for the corduroy expedient a little farther on, when the line became encumbered with stumps left from the under-brushing. 1933 D. G. Cameron Twigs from Oak 124 That process..called ‘underbrushing’, was continued over a space about twenty yards wide. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1775
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