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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
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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