hedgerow
English
Etymology
From Middle English heggerowe, heggerewe, heggerawe, from Old English *heċġrāw, *heċġrǣw (attested only as Old English heġerǣwe, heġerēwe (“hedgerow”)), equivalent to hedge + row.
Noun
hedgerow (plural hedgerows)
- a row of closely planted bushes or trees forming a hedge
- 1919, Ronald Firbank, Valmouth, Duckworth, hardback edition, page 91
- He had a suit of summer mufti, and a broad-brimmed blue beaver hat looped with leaves broken from the hedgerows in the lanes, and a Leander scarf tucked full of flowers: loosestrife, meadowrue, orchis, ragged-robin.
- 1971, Led Zeppelin, Stairway to Heaven:
- If there's a bustle in your hedgerow, don't be alarmed now, it's just a spring clean for the may queen
- 1919, Ronald Firbank, Valmouth, Duckworth, hardback edition, page 91
Derived terms
Translations
a row of closely planted bushes or trees forming a hedge
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