bocage
[ boh-kahzh ]
/ boʊˈkɑʒ /
noun Fine Arts.
a decorative motif of trees, branches, or foliage, as in a tapestry or a ceramic figure group.
Origin of bocage
1635–45; < French; Old French
boscage
boscage
Words nearby bocage
bobweight,
bobwhite,
bobèche,
boca raton,
bocaccio,
bocage,
boccaccio,
boccherini,
boccie,
boccioni,
bocconcini
Example sentences from the Web for bocage
British Dictionary definitions for bocage
bocage
/ (bɒˈkɑːʒ) /
noun
the wooded countryside characteristic of northern France, with small irregular-shaped fields and many hedges and copses
woodland scenery represented in ceramics
Word Origin for bocage
C17: from French, from Old French
bosc; see
boscage