brush ((n.))

[< OF brosse]

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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1n.

low-growing trees and shrubs; undergrowth.

See: brushwood(def. 1)

Quotations

1800

The country . . . is much overgrown with thick brush, poplars, and willows.

1965

. . . Steel Co. of Canada has awarded a contract for brush clearing on the route of a proposed railway branch. . . .

2†n.

lopped-off branches, especially evergreen boughs.

See: brushwood(def. 2)

1791

Found . . . 1 Brush hut with one family in it when I arrived.

1863

. . . when we have a big fire built in front, and a lot of hemlock brush to lie on, we shall be pretty comfortable.

1949

[They] covered with a shelter of wood and brush. . . .

3†n.

the woods; the forest or backcountry; the bush.

See: brushwood(def. 3)

1900

I was ready enough to quit all claims and take to the brush myself. . . .

1953

It's good level yarding out there in the brush. . . .