Definition of BOSCAGE

boscage

Meanings

Plural: boscages

Noun

  • A place set with trees or mass of shrubbery, a grove or thicket.
  • 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.

Origin / Etymology

From the Middle English boskage, from the Old French boscage, from Vulgar Latin *boscāticum, from Late Latin boscus, from Frankish *busk (compare Middle Dutch busch), from Proto-Germanic *buskaz (“forest, woods”).

Scrabble Score: 12

boscage is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
boscage is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
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Words With Friends Score: 15

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