sweet-gale

English

Noun

sweet-gale (plural sweet-gales)

1. (rare) Alternative form of sweet gale
   • 1800, Richard Warner, A Walk Through Some of the Western Counties of England, page 42:

     The myrica or sweet-gale, also, with its serrated leaves and dry berry, the ancient substitute for hops, presented itself in almost every part of the uncultivated moor.

   • 1900, John Clayton Gifford, The Forestal Conditions and Silvicultural Prospects of the Coastal Plain of New Jersey:

     On entering one of these forests, one observes at once that although there are many small trees of holly, and bushes of sweet-gale, the ground is free from litter and brush.