A pinewood; an area covered with pine trees; specifically (in plural) tracts of infertile land in the southern United States on which pines are the characteristic growth.
Origin
Mid 17th century; earliest use found in Richard Fanshawe (1608–1666), diplomat and translator. From piney + wood.
Definition of piney wood in US English:
piney wood
nounˈpʌɪni wʊd
US
A pinewood; an area covered with pine trees; specifically (in plural) tracts of infertile land in the southern United States on which pines are the characteristic growth.
Origin
Mid 17th century; earliest use found in Richard Fanshawe (1608–1666), diplomat and translator. From piney + wood.