: a row of shrubs or trees enclosing or separating fields
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Sweeping, beautiful countryside rolls hill by hill in every direction, split into grids by natural hedgerows or manmade walls with the overgrown brickwork of an old country cottage.—David Faris, Newsweek, 3 Feb. 2025 Along the other side of the approach, Lauren conceived a rambling hedgerow thicket and conduit for wildlife anchored with birch cultivars and native wildflowers.—Sara James Mnookin, Architectural Digest, 21 Jan. 2025 This lonely hill was always dear to me, and this hedgerow, which cuts off the view
of so much of the last horizon.—Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 13 Dec. 2024 Every pocket of land is put to use, eliminating the hedgerows between parcels, according to a 2016 study by a team led by Peter Coates of the U.S. Geological Survey’s Western Ecological Research Center in Dixon.—Lisa M. Krieger, The Mercury News, 30 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for hedgerow
Word History
First Known Use
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above
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The first known use of hedgerow was
before the 12th century
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