Greenwood
[gri:nwud]
Definition
(noun.) woodlands in full leaf; 'the greenwood was Robin Hood's home'.
Checked by Justin--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) A forest as it appears is spring and summer.
(a.) Pertaining to a greenwood; as, a greenwood shade.
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Examples
- And then in his turn he winded the call till all the greenwood rang. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- Cox and Greenwood; but the Major being in Madras at the time, had no particular call for coals. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Thou hadst best empty thy pitcher ere thou pass it to a Saxon, and leave thy money at home ere thou walk in the greenwood. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- We who walk the greenwood do many a wild deed, and the Lady Rowena's deliverance may be received as an atonement. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
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