† brushetn.
Obsolete.
Underwood; a small thicket or covert.
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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
c1380 Sir Ferumbras (1879) l. 800 In þat ilke brusschet by v. þousant of oþer and mo.
c1500 Partenay 3299 Thys bruschet made put in-to on hepe.
1645 W. Hooke New-Englands Sence 19 Bands of Souldiers lying in ambush here under the fearn and brushet of the Wildernes.
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