pinebranch
pinebranch noun: a branch of a pine.
Noun
pinebranch (plural pinebranches)
- A branch of a pine.
- The ruined hut was roofless, but across an angle of the walls some pinebranches had been flung, as a sort of shelter for the sheep or cattle that might repair thither in cruel weather—[…] Over them where they lay bended down the pinebranch roof, as if it would give way beneath the increasing...1872, a former H.M. Inspector of Schools, editor, The School Board Readers. Standard V. Adapted to the Requirements of the New Code, 1871., London: Charles Griffin and Company, […], pages 116–117
- And now when I think of you I see you on your piano-stool finger the ineffectual bright keys and even in the pinkish parlor glow your eyes sea-grey are very wide as if they carried the reflection of mocking black pinebranches and unclimbed red-purple mountains mist-tattered under a violet-gleaming...1922, John Dos Passos, A Pushcart at the Curb, New York, N.Y.: George H. Doran Company, page 158
Examples of pinebranch in a sentence
- Muscicapa albicollis, settled in the box No. 5. — The nest consists of moss, small pinebranches, particles of dry roots; the cup is made of pine-needles and hair.1957, Gy. Gárdonyi, “Trials of bird-settling in the mountains of Sopron”, in Aquila, Budapest: Mezőgazdasági Kiadó, page 56:
- To chase away the gloom, the family threw pinebranches on their fire, till the dry leaves crackled, and the flame arose, discovering once again a scene of peace and humble happiness.1964 [1835], Nathaniel Hawthorne, “The Ambitious Guest”, in Vincent F[oster] Hopper, editor, Classic American Short Stories, Great Neck...
- At fifty to sixty it chases the cat in, breaks the pinebranch (Bishop), rips the eucalyptus leaf loose, wakes the baby, shakes the roof & bangs the door.1972, Tom Clark, John’s Heart, New York, N.Y.: Goliard/Santa Fe in association with Grossman Publishers, →LCCN:
- Three enormous torches, built of tree trunks and pinebranches, stand waiting in the muddy temple grounds where goldfish-fishing contests are in progress, batteries of slot machines are overworked.1974, Frederick Franck, Pilgrimage to Now/Here, Maryknoll, N.Y.: Orbis Books, →ISBN, page 101:
Forms of pinebranch
| plural | pinebranches |
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Origin of pinebranch
From pine + branch.
Questions about pinebranch
- What does pinebranch mean?
- Pinebranch means a branch of a pine.
- How do you use pinebranch in a sentence?
- Muscicapa albicollis, settled in the box No. 5. — The nest consists of moss, small pinebranches, particles of dry roots; the cup is made of pine-needles and hair.
- What part of speech is pinebranch?
- Pinebranch is a noun.
- What is the plural of pinebranch?
- The plural of pinebranch is pinebranches.
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