brushwood

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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1†n.

low-growing trees and shrubs; undergrowth.

See: brush ((n.))(def. 1)

Quotations

1806

At five o'clock we came to a small lake on which grew brushwood and poiriers.

1933

. . . the smaller brushwood had been cut and piled. . . .

2n.

lopped-off branches, especially evergreen boughs.

See: brush ((n.))(def. 2)

1942

We found a Micmac family crouching in a wretched little bark hut, banked with brushwood and sawdust. . . .

3n. — Obs.

the woods; the forest or backcountry; the bush.

See: brush ((n.))(def. 3)

1829

. . . they seem to be just as much at home among the thick brushwood, without road or sun, as we are in a cleared country.