brushwoods

Noun

brushwood (countable and uncountable, plural brushwoods)

1. Branches and twigs fallen from trees and shrubs.
   • His pupils assemble every evening before his tent; where, by the light of a large fire, made of brushwood and cow’s dung, they are taught a few sentences from the Koran, and are initiated into the principles of their creed.1799, Mungo Park, chapter 12, in Travels in the Interior of Africa, volume 1
2. Small trees and shrubs.
   • The river above Goet-accord becomes very narrow, being lined on each ſide with impenetrable bruſh-wood, like the river Cottica, between Devil's-Harwar and Patamaca; [...]1796, J[ohn] G[abriel] Stedman, chapter XVI, in Narrative of a Five Years’ Expedition against the Revolted Negroes of Surinam, in Guiana, on the Wild Coast of South America; […], volume II, London...