DCHP-3

underbrush ((n.))

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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n.

the shrubs and small trees forming the low growth of a wooded area.

Quotations

1824
Every year we are . . . very particular upon the first fall of snow to sow my grass seed upon the lands intended for mowing or pasturage, and also to have a quantity of wood land under-brushed, and the underbrush piled for better accomodation of cutting our fire wood.
1942
Then he picked his way carefully . . . slipping sideways through the tangle of underbrush.