broussaille

French

Etymology

From brosse + -aille.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bʁu.saj/

Noun

broussaille f (plural broussailles)

  1. undergrowth, scrub; bushes
    • 1862, Victor Hugo, “I. Le soir d’un jour de marche”, in Les Misérables, 1re partie. Fantine; Livre deuxième. La chute, Belgium: A. Lacroix, Verboeckhoven & Cie.:
      L’œil luisait sous les sourcils comme un feu sous une broussaille.
      The eye shone beneath its lashes like a fire beneath brushwood.

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