Boscage
/ˈbɒs.ɪdʒ/noun
Dense trees, bushes, or woodland; a thicket.
Did you know?Boscage entered English through Old French from a word family tied to ‘wood’ and ‘forest,’ and in older literature it often evokes a wild, enclosed natural space that feels almost secret or sacred.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*bʰeh₂g-
“to bend, be curved”
Late Latin
Latin
*boscus / *buscus
“wood, grove, forest”
Old French
Old French
boscage
“woodland, thicket; a wooded area”
Middle English
English
boscage
“a thicket or wooded place”
Modern English
English
boscage
“dense trees, bushes, or woodland”