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bosquet


bosquet [bos-kit] Examples noun

  1. bosket.

bosket or bos·quet [bos-kit] noun

  1. a grove; thicket.

Origin of bosket 1730–40; earlier bosquet French Italian boschetto, equivalent to bosc(o) wood (see bush1) + -etto -et Examples from the Web for bosquet Historical Examples of bosquet

  • The windows of their inn commanded a view of the Bosquet de Julie.

    The Works of Lord Byron, Volume 2

    George Gordon Byron

  • From bosquet to bosquet, from thicket to thicket; she hears his approaching steps.

    Under the Witches’ Moon

    Nathan Gallizier

  • General Bosquet manuvred with as much intelligence as bravery.

    The British Expedition to the Crimea

    William Howard Russell

  • An edition of it appeared in 1651, edited by Bosquet, Bishop of Lodève.

    Pascal’s Penses

    Blaise Pascal

  • That they might pass without observing me, I stepped hastily into the bosquet, and concealed myself in the thick and leafy cover.

    Sir Jasper Carew

    Charles James Lever

  • British Dictionary definitions for bosquet bosquet noun

    1. a variant spelling of bosket

    bosket bosquet noun

    1. a clump of small trees or bushes; thicket

    Word Origin for bosket C18: from French bosquet, from Italian boschetto, from bosco wood, forest; see bush 1

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