spinney

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   chiefly British: a small wood or copse, especially one planted to shelter game birds

   The scouts moved through the pine spinney without stepping onto the road.

From Middle English and Old French forms such as espinaye, 'thorny thicket,' ultimately from Latin spina, 'thorn.' In chiefly British use it denotes a small wood or copse, often one maintained as cover for game.

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