Entry: boscages (n.)
In context: "There was no sigh of a Husky VI or any other model of tripod in any of the thickets and boscages."
Definition: A mass of growing trees or shrubs; a thicket, grove; woody undergrowth; sylvan scenery.
Other: Excellent. I also felt like a SNOOT when I said 'thicket' instead of 'tree pile'.
SNOOT score: 3
Page:124
Source: Oxford English Dictionary
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