bos·cage also bos·kage (b s k j)n. A mass of trees or shrubs; a thicket. [Middle English boskage, from Old French boscage, from bosc, forest, of Germanic origin.] |
boscage, boskage [ˈbɒskɪdʒ]
n
Literary a mass of trees and shrubs; thicket
[from Old French bosc, probably of Germanic origin; see bush1, -age]
Bosk, Bosquet, Bosket, Boscage a grove or plantation of shrubs or trees, 1737.
Examples: bosk of flowers, 1878; of holly, 1833; of laurel, 1833; of shrubs, 1737; of trees, 1737; of wildernesses, 1847.
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