10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BOSCAGE»
Discover the use of
boscage in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
boscage and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Men of Steel: Canadian Paratroopers in Normandy, 1944
The section of Normandy where the paratroopers were fighting is known as
boscage country. The roads had three to four foot high embankments where thick
bramble and blackthorn hedges had been planted. The adjacent fields were also
...
2
The Ethnically Diverse City
It is an area with a special sense of place, located near to the Southern
municipality borders. It is remarkable that none of the migrants has drawn the
Sykies Boscage, which is a forest park of 6.6 Ha located in the central-east of the
Municipality ...
Frank Eckardt, John Eade, 2011
3
Hummingbird Sleep: Poems, 2009-2011
Boscage Our love of place is part ofthe love we have for presence. So while I wait
for you, I write in praise of a kind of place I am drawn to. Call it boscage. Say it
sustains my essence and holds the moving pattern thatI am, this I make niches ...
4
Encyclopaedia perthensis, or, Universal dictionary of the ...
BOSCAGE, n.s. [boscage, Fr.] 1. Wood, or woodlands. — We bent our course
thither, where we saw the appearance of land ; and, the next day, we might
plainly discern that it was a land flat to our sight, and full of boscage, which made
it Ihew ...
5
The new encyclopædia; or, Universal dictionary ofarts and ...
BOSCAGE, n.s [boscage, Fr/] I. Wood, ot iroodhnds. — We bent out course thither
, •Wrt we sew the appearance of land ; and, the Ben day, we might plainly discern
that it was a !»! flat to our fight, and full al boscage, which nmfe it (hew the more ...
Encyclopaedia Perthensis, 1807
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Encyclopaedia Perthensis; Or Universal Dictionary of the ...
BOSCAGE. »./. [ho/cage, Fr.j 1. Wood, or woodlands. — t\"c bent our course
thither, where we saw the appearance of land ; and, the next day, we might
plainly discern that it was a Imil flat to our sight, and full of boscage, which made it
(hew the ...
7
A Dictionary of Entomology
BOSCAGE Noun. (Middle English boscage < Old French boscage < bosc < bois I
forest.) 1. Thick foliage; woodland; thicket; a grove. BOSCH, CARL (1874—1940)
(Heikertinger 1940, Entomol. Z., Frankf. A. M. 54: 88.) BOSELLI, FRANCESCO ...
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Encyclopædia Britannica: or, A dictionary of arts and ...
BOSCAGE, the fame with a grove, or thicket. Boscage, in a law fense, is that foed
which trees yield to cattle, as mast, isc. But Manwood fays, to Lc quit of boscage,
is to be discharged of paying any duty for wind- fall woed in the forest. Boscage ...
Encyclopaedia Britannica, William Smellie, 1773
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The Key of Green: Passion and Perception in Renaissance Culture
The other two terms in Edward Phillips's dictionary seem even more appropriate
for the Sheldon design: “Arabesque, (French) a curious flourishing, or branched
work in painting, or Tapestry” (sig. C3) and “Boscage, a place set thick with trees,
...
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Encyclopaedia Britannica or a Dictionary of Arts and ...
BOSCAGE, the fame with a grove, or thicket. Boscage, in a law fense, is that food
which trees yield to cattle, as mast, &c. Rut Manwood fays, to be tjuit of boscage,
is to be discharged of paying any duty for wind fall wood in the forest. Boscage ...
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BOSCAGE»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
boscage is used in the context of the following news items.
Column: Why WWII didn?t end sooner
Planners had underestimated the impassable terrain of the French boscage — dense thickets planted along huge earthen berms — just miles ... «Bend Bulletin, Jun 15»
Victor Davis Hanson: Why Hitler held off Allied forces for 11 months …
Planners had underestimated the impassable terrain of the French boscage -- dense thickets planted along huge earthen berms -- just miles ... «San Jose Mercury News, Jun 15»
Will the biggest tree in Grey Bruce please stand up
Not necessarily the tallest, but the widest - the biggest, oldest representation of a patriarchal boscage king we've got; in this land of stunted ... «Wiarton Echo, Apr 15»
A new take on the old Normandy
But if, like me, you're more of a three Bs person — beaches, boscage and the Bayeux Tapestry — then the place to be in this northwest region ... «The Australian, May 14»
Where Have All the Fairies Gone?
... appear to need a quiet landscape, and prefer the sort of terrain for which we have even lost the vocabulary — copse, thicket, holt, boscage. «The Smart Set, Mar 14»
Barry Humphries: in praise of Australian art
They had to interpret a landscape for which they had no references; the boscage of Barbizon, the Arcadian glades of Fragonard and the cosy ... «Spectator.co.uk, Aug 13»
Thirty Essential Poetry Titles for Spring 2013
“To touch its truth I punched my fist/ into the chopped molest// the boscage—withdrew my red sleeve.// Abstract that.” If Carole Weinstein Poetry ... «Library Journal, Apr 13»
Nicaragua's forests going up in smoke
The Masaya Volcano fire, which reportedly has destroyed 250 years of boscage inside the country's most popular national park, is thought to ... «Nicaragua Dispatch, Apr 13»
'Scumbag' Tyler Hamilton sympathises with Wiggins
Hamilton – looking tanned and rather boyish with his ragged boscage of wavy hair in stark contrast to the slick, almost shiny, grey suit and ... «Yahoo! Eurosport UK, Mar 13»
Oiling naked Kate Middleton bottomless to be anointed Queen consort
... including a brunette boscage that will very likely have Kate bottomless's young lady fans running off to their wigmakers for tiny hairpieces to ... «Bayoubuzz, Oct 12»
