bocage
bocage is the alternative spelling of boscage.
Meaning of boscage
Noun
boscage (countable and uncountable, plural boscages)
- A place set with trees or mass of shrubbery, a grove or thicket.
- At the entrance of the king, the first traverse was drawn, and the lower descent of the mountain discovered, which was the pendant of a hill to life, with divers boscages and grovets upon the steep or hanging grounds thereof.1811, Ben Jonson, The Dramatic Works: Embellished with Portraits, volume 4, page 571
- Mast-nuts of forest trees, used as food for pigs, or any such sustenance as wood and trees yield to cattle.
- Among painters, a picture depicting a wooded scene.
- A tax on wood.
Forms of bocage
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Questions about bocage
- What is bocage the alternative spelling of?
- Bocage is the alternative spelling of boscage.
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