spinney

[ spin-ee ]

/ ˈspɪn i /

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noun, plural spin·neys.British.

a small wood or thicket.

Origin of spinney

1300–50; Middle English <Middle French espinei (masculine), espinaie (feminine) a place full of thorns, derivative of espinespine; compare Late Latin spīnētum difficulty, equivalent to Latin spīn(a) thorn (see spine) + -ētum noun suffix (see arboretum)

Words nearby spinney

spinnaker, spinnbarkeit, spinner, spinneret, spinnery, spinney, spinning, spinning box, spinning frame, spinning jenny, spinning mule

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Example sentences from the Web for spinney

I made this discovery in a spinney, or copse, near a small tarn some half mile to the eastward of Fernbridge's precincts.
Fibble, D. D.|Irvin Shrewsbury Cobb
Skirting the spinney, we followed the brook course, and came at last to the quarry fence.
The White Peacock|D. H. (David Herbert) Lawrence
“Forward,” shouted my uncle, and crossing a small open field, we entered the Spinney.
Christmas Penny Readings|George Manville Fenn
By Jove, you did hop into that roofless house and scamper out of that spinney!
The Red Horizon|Patrick MacGill

You will just go round by that spinney to see if the earth you gave orders to be stopped up is properly closed.
A Cotswold Village|J. Arthur Gibbs

British Dictionary definitions for spinney

spinney

/ (ˈspɪnɪ) /

noun

mainly British a small wood or copse

Word Origin for spinney

C16: from Old French espinei, from espine thorn, from Latin spīna

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单词	spinney
释义	spinney [ spin-ee ] / ˈspɪn i / SEE SYNONYMS FOR spinney ON THESAURUS.COM noun, plural spin·neys.British. a small wood or thicket. Origin of spinney 1300–50; Middle English <Middle French espinei (masculine), espinaie (feminine) a place full of thorns, derivative of espinespine; compare Late Latin spīnētum difficulty, equivalent to Latin spīn(a) thorn (see spine) + -ētum noun suffix (see arboretum) Words nearby spinney spinnaker, spinnbarkeit, spinner, spinneret, spinnery, spinney, spinning, spinning box, spinning frame, spinning jenny, spinning mule Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for spinney I made this discovery in a spinney, or copse, near a small tarn some half mile to the eastward of Fernbridge's precincts. Fibble, D. D.\|Irvin Shrewsbury Cobb Skirting the spinney, we followed the brook course, and came at last to the quarry fence. The White Peacock\|D. H. (David Herbert) Lawrence “Forward,” shouted my uncle, and crossing a small open field, we entered the Spinney. Christmas Penny Readings\|George Manville Fenn By Jove, you did hop into that roofless house and scamper out of that spinney! The Red Horizon\|Patrick MacGill You will just go round by that spinney to see if the earth you gave orders to be stopped up is properly closed. A Cotswold Village\|J. Arthur Gibbs British Dictionary definitions for spinney spinney / (ˈspɪnɪ) / noun mainly British a small wood or copse Word Origin for spinney C16: from Old French espinei, from espine thorn, from Latin spīna Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to spinney thicket, scrub, shrubbery, undergrowth, grove, cover, coppice, hedge, copse, dingle, sedge, underwood, brushwood, fern, gorse, bracken, chaparral, orchard, covert, woodland
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spinney

noun, plural spin·neys.British.

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British Dictionary definitions for spinney

noun

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