canebrake en · NOUN
Pronunciation
Etymology
From cane + brake.
Meanings
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(US) A dense thicket of sugarcane, bamboo or similar plants.
While roving carelessly from canebrake to canebrake, and admiring the rank growth of vegetation, and the variety of timber which marked the fertility of the soil...
1865, Cecil B. Hartley, Life and Times of Colonel Daniel Boone, page 52:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| canebrakes | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| canebreak | alternative | lexicographic |