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spin·ney  (spn)

n. pl. spin·neys Chiefly British

A small grove; a copse.

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[Obsolete French espinoi, from Old French espinei, thorny place, from Vulgar Latin *spnta, pl. of Latin spntum, thorn hedge, from spna, thorn.]

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spinney

Noun

Chiefly Brit a small wood: the hollow tree in the spinney [Old French espinei]

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spinney - a copse that shelters game brush, coppice, copse, thicket, brushwood - a dense growth of bushes Britain, Great Britain, U.K., UK, United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland - a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; `Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom