boscage
noun
bos·cage ˈbä-skij 
variants or less commonly boskage
: a growth of trees or shrubs : thicket
Synonyms
- bosk
- bosque
- bosquet
- brake
- brushwood
- chaparral
- coppice
- copse
- covert
- thicket
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Word History
Etymology
Middle English boskage, borrowed from Anglo-French boscage "wood, woodland," from bois, bos "grove, forest, wood (the material)" (Old French also bosc) + -age -age — more at boiserie
First Known Use
15th century, in the meaning defined above
boscages
noun
variants also boskages
as in bushes
a thick patch of shrubbery, small trees, or underbrush hidden from prying eyes by a leafy boscage, the cottage was the perfect trysting place Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- bushes
- bosquets
- bosks
- chaparrals
- brushwoods
- thickets
- canebrakes
- hedges
- coppices
- brakes
- bosques
- brushes
- copses
- groves
- woodlands
- forests
- woods
- coverts
- scrubs
- scrublands
- jungles
- stands
- greenwoods
- wildwoods
- tangles
- woodlots
- brambles