shrubwood en · NOUN
Etymology
Compound of shrub + wood.
Meanings
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A wood (woodland) that is mostly composed of shrubs.
The moſſy pales that ſkirt the orchard-green, / Here hid by ſhrub-vvood, there by glimpſes ſeen; […]
1798, [Samuel Rogers], “An Epistle to a Friend”, in An Epistle to a Friend, with Other Poems. […], London: […] R. Noble, for T[homas] Cadell, Junior, and W[illiam] Davies, […], →OCLC, page 10, lines 19–20:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| shrubwoods | Number=Plur | lexicographic |