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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
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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