Definition of Bosket

1. n. A grove; a thicket; shrubbery; an inclosure formed by branches of trees, regularly or irregularly disposed.

Definition of Bosket

1. Noun. A small grove or copse of trees, a thicket. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Bosket

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

Lexicographical Neighbors of Bosket

bosh
boshbok
boshboks
boshes
boshta
boshter
boshvark
boshvarks
bosie
bosie ball
bosintang
bosk
boskage
boskages
bosker
bosket (current term)
boskets
boskier
boskiest
boskiness
boskinesses
boskopoid
bosks
bosky
bosnia-herzegovina
bosom
bosom buddy
bosom friend
bosom of Abraham
bosome

Literary usage of Bosket

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

1. A Dictionary of Architecture and Building, Biographical, Historical, and by Russell Sturgis (1901)
"The form bosket is of the early eighteenth century. —RS BOSS (I.). A. A projecting mass of stone, usually not large and commonly intended to be Boss ..."

2. A Dictionary of Slang, Jargon & Cant: Embracing English, American, and Anglo by Albert Barrère, Charles Godfrey Leland (1890)
"... of anything for forty-two mortal long hard-working days ; and that "he wished he might be busted if he warn't as dry as a lime bosket."—Charles Dickens. ..."

3. Essays and Studies, Educational and Literary by Basil Lanneau Gildersleeve (1890)
"Yet shadowy vaults are extended From bosket to bosket, from tree unto tree, and the roses incline to each other, And the foliage bourgeons forever, ..."

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