DictionaryRoot: espinoi

Old French

espinoi

briar patch, thorn thicket

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A small compact clump of six woodland trees forms a spinney, with a minimal soil base and broad white margins rather than a landscape panorama.

noun

spinney

SPIN-ee/ˈspɪni/

A small area of trees.

Etymology

spinneyOld Frenchbriar patch, thorn thicket

Espinoi named a place full of thorns and brambles. The English sense broadens that thorny thicket into a small wooded area.

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