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Definition of Hedgerow

1. Noun. A fence formed by a row of closely planted shrubs or bushes.

Definition of Hedgerow

1. n. A row of shrubs, or trees, planted for inclosure or separation of fields.

Definition of Hedgerow

1. Noun. A row of closely planted bushes or trees forming a hedge. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Hedgerow

1. a row of bushes [n -S]

Medical Definition of Hedgerow

1. A row of shrubs, or trees, planted for inclosure or separation of fields. "By hedgerow elms and hillocks green." (Milton) Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Hedgerow

Literary usage of Hedgerow

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

1. The Forester =: Or, A Practical Treatise on the Planting, Rearing, and by James Brown (1882)
"KINDS OP TREES BEST FITTED FOB hedgerow TIMBER, AND MANAGEMENT OF THE SAME. ... That this is true to a certain extent cannot be denied; but hedgerow trees ..."

2. The Forester: A Practical Treatise on British Forestry and Arboriculture for by John Nisbet (1905)
"Nor is hedgerow timber equal in general quality to that grown in woodlands. The rural beauty of England would be ruined if the hedgerow trees were all cut ..."

3. The Rural Economy of the Midland Counties: Including the Management of by Marshall (William), Marshall (1796)
"hedgerow TIMBER. FEW DISTRICTS are fo thin of hedge* row timber as this. ... This poverty in hedgerow timber, it is probable, ..."

4. Collected Poems by Austin Dobson (1913)
"ROSE, IN THE hedgerow GROWN ROSE, in the hedgerow grown, Where the scent of the fresh sweet hay Comes up from the fields new-mown, You know it—you know ..."

5. On Planting and Rural Ornament: A Practical Treatise by Marshall (William), Mr Marshall (1803)
"HEDGES AND hedgerow TIMBER. INTRODUCTORY REMARKS. 1 HE raising of LIVE HEDGES and hedgerow TIMBER constitutes no inconsiderable part of the business of ..."

6. Miscellanies (second Series) by Austin Dobson (1901)
"... in the hedgerow grown, 1\ Where the scent of the fresh sweet hay Comes up from the fields new-mown, You know it—you know it—alone, So I gather you here ..."

7. The Farmer's Encyclopædia, and Dictionary of Rural Affairs: Embracing All by Cuthbert William Johnson (1844)
"... to training hedgerow liées, to benefit the land- ! bose heads, soon becoming very long, straight, lord without doing much injury to the tenant. ..."

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