boscage

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English

Etymology

From the Middle English boskage, from the Old French boscage, (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Lua error in Module:parameters at line 159: Parameter 1 should be a valid language code; the value VL. is not valid. See WT:LOL. *boscaticum, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Lua error in Module:parameters at line 159: Parameter 1 should be a valid language code; the value LL. is not valid. See WT:LOL. boscus, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Lua error in Module:parameters at line 159: Parameter 1 should be a valid language code; the value frk is not valid. See WT:LOL. *busc (Compare Middle Dutch busch), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Germanic *buskaz (“forest, woods”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

boscage (countable and uncountable, plural boscages)

  1. A place set with trees or mass of shrubbery, a grove or thicket.
  2. (law) Mast-nuts of forest trees, used as food for pigs, or any such sustenance as wood and trees yield to cattle.
  3. (art) Among painters, a picture depicting a wooded scene.
  4. A tax on wood.

Translations

See also

Template:1728

Anagrams

Old French

Noun

boscage oblique singular, m (oblique plural boscages, nominative singular boscages, nominative plural boscage)

  1. Alternative form of boschage
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