alderwood

Noun

alderwood (plural alderwoods)

1. A wood largely populated with alder trees.
   • Geltsdale Forsest is an extensive tract of mountain, forming the south-east portion of Castle Carrock parish, and is a royal forest leased by the Earl of Carlisle. Part of it abounds in birch and alderwoods, and gives rise to the river Gelt, which flows northwards.1860, William Whellan, The History and Topography of the Counties of Cumberland and Westmoreland
   • In consequence, when the ground-level in spite of all does in time rise above the water-level, instead of an alderwood one encounters meadow associations belonging to the order Molinietalia.2013, Władysław Szafer, The Vegetation of Poland
2. The wood from an alder tree.
   • Fig. 12. Is a piece of Alder-wood the breadth whereof is about the bigness of the bristle of a Hog, to the naked Eye.1683 June 10, “An Abstract of a Letter from Mr. Anthony Leewenhoeck of Delft to Mr. R. H. concerning the appearances of several Woods and their Vessels as observed in a Microscope.”, in Philosophical...
   • The said bishop Ofbaldiston cut and sold all the alder wood upon the demesne at Rose, with large quantities of oak and ash, to the value of many hundred pounds.1777, Joseph Nicolson, The history and antiquities of the counties of Westmorland and Cumberland, volume 2