hedgerow

[ hej-roh ]

/ ˈhɛdʒˌroʊ /

a row of bushes or trees forming a hedge.

Origin of hedgerow

before 950; Middle English; Old English heggerewe. See hedge, row¹

This gave the Germans time to stabilize and dig in on the “hedgerow front” before St. Lô.

Blood in the Sand: When James Jones Wrote a Grunt’s View of D-Day |James Jones |November 15, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
The woods behind the Chase, and all the hedgerow trees, took on a solemn splendour under the dark low-hanging skies.

Adam Bede |George Eliot
Along the right of way, muddy water ran in deep torrents, washing fence and hedgerow.

Hoofbeats on the Turnpike |Mildred A. Wirt
A weather-beaten land is this, where every tree and hedgerow tells, in horizontal leeward sweep, of the prevalent 'sou'-wester.'

Nooks and Corners of Pembrokeshire |H. Thornhill Timmins

They then went to bed in a cozy nest in the hedgerow and slept in quiet and comfort until morning.

The sop for Children |sop
Mr. Sam paused as if for breath, and plucking down a wisp of honeysuckle from the hedgerow, sniffed at it to gain time.

Shining Ferry |Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch

hedgerow

/ (ˈhɛdʒˌrəʊ) /

a hedge of shrubs or low trees growing along a bank, esp one bordering a field or lane