spinney

Meaning

A small copse or wood, especially one planted as a shelter for game birds.

Synonyms

grove

brake

brushwood

coppice

copse

spring

stand

thicket

undergrowth

wood

🪵

woods

bosk

woodlet

Translations

koru

λόχμη

μικρό δάσος

bosquet

boschetto

boscany

bosquecillo

soto

çalılık

bosquezinho

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: spenne

In summary

From Middle English spenné, from Middle French espinoye (“thorny thicket”), espinaye, from Latin spīnētum (“thorny thicket”), from Latin spīna (“thorn”).