: a row of shrubs or trees enclosing or separating fields
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the WebAromas of a wild hedgerow as well as chocolate bourbon biscuits, red cherries, black berries, wild strawberries and plums. Tom Mullen, Forbes, 3 July 2022 Brilliant, eclectic and electric aromas of hedgerow, black cherries, raspberries and strawberries. Tom Mullen, Forbes, 22 May 2022 Muscle Shoals, there was a bustle in your hedgerow Tuesday. Matt Wake | Mwake@al.com, al, 18 May 2022 That’s one way to clear out any of those pesky bustles in your hedgerow. Stephen L. Betts, Rolling Stone, 4 May 2022 Treetop or other hedgerow pruning and overhead irrigation are not advised where the disease is a problem.oregonlive, 8 Jan. 2022 Some are simple, such as a park bench in a simulated hedgerow maze and a whimsical wall of flowers behind a bathtub. Shannon Sutlief, Dallas News, 19 May 2021 Find a tree, hedgerow, even a piece of farm equipment to break up your outline. Joe Genzel, Outdoor Life, 6 Jan. 2021 The poem opens with the lines, This lonely hill was always dear to me/ and this hedgerow, which cuts off the view/ of so much of the last horizon. Bernhard Warner, Fortune, 15 June 2020 See More
Word History
First Known Use
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above
Time Traveler
The first known use of hedgerow was before the 12th century