English Dictionary: boscage | by the DICT Development Group |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Boscage \Bos"cage\, n. [OF. boscage grove, F. bocage, fr. LL. boscus, buscus, thicket, wood. See 1st {Bush}.] 1. A growth of trees or shrubs; underwood; a thicket; thick foliage; a wooded landscape. 2. (O. Eng. Law) Food or sustenance for cattle, obtained from bushes and trees; also, a tax on wood. |