Definition of Boscage

1. n. A growth of trees or shrubs; underwood; a thicket; thick foliage; a wooded landscape.

Definition of Boscage

1. Noun. A place set with trees or mass of shrubbery, a grove or thicket. ¹

2. Noun. (legal) Mast-nuts of forest trees, used as food for pigs, or any such sustenance as wood and trees yield to cattle. ¹

3. Noun. (arts) Among painters, the term is used for a picture depicting a wooded scene. ¹

4. Noun. A tax on wood. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Boscage

1. a thicket [n -S] - See also: thicket

Medical Definition of Boscage

1. 1. A growth of trees or shrubs; underwood; a thicket; thick foliage; a wooded landscape. 2. Food or sustenance for cattle, obtained from bushes and trees; also, a tax on wood. Origin: OF. Boscage grove, F. Bocage, fr. LL. Boscus, buscus, thicket, wood. See 1st Bush. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Boscage

borylation
borylations
borylene
borylenes
borzoi
borzois
bos
bos'n
bosa
bosal
bosals
bosas
bosbok
bosboks
bosc
boscage (current term)
boscages
bosch yaws
boschbok
boschboks
bosche
bosches
boschvark
boschvarks
bose
bosenova
bosentan
bosey
bosh
boshbok

Literary usage of Boscage

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Glossary of Terms and Phrases by Henry Percy Smith (1883)
"Underwood, land covered with thickets. [Fr. bocage, O. Fr. boscage, ... (boscage.) Boss. [An Amer, word.] 1. A master workman ; said to be D. baas, master. ..."

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