"boscage" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /bɒskɪdʒ/ [UK], /bɑskɪd͡ʒ/ [General-American] Forms: boscages [plural]
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”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|boskage}} Middle English boskage, {{der|en|fro|boscage}} Old French boscage, {{der|en|VL.|*boscāticum}} Vulgar Latin *boscāticum, {{der|en|LL.|boscus}} Late Latin boscus, {{der|en|frk|*busk}} Frankish *busk, {{cog|dum|busch}} Middle Dutch busch, {{der|en|gem-pro|*buskaz||forest, woods}} Proto-Germanic *buskaz (“forest, woods”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} boscage (countable and uncountable, plural boscages)
  1. A place set with trees or mass of shrubbery, a grove or thicket. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (a grove or thicket): гъсталак (gǎstalak) [masculine] (Bulgarian), ро́ща (róšča) [feminine] (Russian), подле́сок (podlésok) [masculine] (Russian), куста́рник (kustárnik) [masculine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-boscage-en-noun-3M3cJdrm Disambiguation of 'a grove or thicket': 92 7 1 0
  2. (law) Mast-nuts of forest trees, used as food for pigs, or any such sustenance as wood and trees yield to cattle. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Law, Taxation Categories (lifeform): Nuts
    Sense id: en-boscage-en-noun-KURWYgeS Disambiguation of Taxation: 13 42 23 22 Disambiguation of Nuts: 13 56 29 2 Topics: law
  3. (art) Among painters, a picture depicting a wooded scene. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Art, Animal foods Categories (place): Forests
    Sense id: en-boscage-en-noun-gok8gZK2 Disambiguation of Animal foods: 4 31 62 4 Disambiguation of Forests: 27 31 39 3 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Russian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 12 30 57 1 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 19 24 53 4 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 13 27 56 3 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 9 29 60 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 13 27 55 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 14 25 57 4 Topics: art, arts
  4. A tax on wood. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-boscage-en-noun-UEGdfAe4
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: boskage Related terms: bocage, bosk, bosky

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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