brushwood

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   the wood from bushes or small branches

   They built a fire of brushwood.

2. 2
   noun

   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.

3. 3
   noun

   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; [...].

4. 4
   noun

   a dense growth of bushes

From brush + wood.

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