Hypertext Webster Gateway: "spinney"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Spinney \Spin"ney\, n.; pl. {Spinneys}.
Same as {Spinny}. --T. Hughes.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Spinny \Spin"ny\, n.; pl. {Spinnies}. [OF. espinaye,espinoye,
espinei, espanoi, F. ['e]pinaie, from L. spinetum a thicket
of thorns, fr. spina a thorn. See {Spine}.]
A small thicket or grove with undergrowth; a clump of trees.
[Written also {spinney}, and {spinny}.]
The downs rise steep, crowned with black fir spinnies.
--C. Kingsley.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
spinney
n : (British) a copse that shelters game
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