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† bushaile Obs.
Also in 5 busshaile, buscayl(l)e, -kayle, boschayle.
[a. OF. boschaille (Godef.) a wood = It. boscaglia:—low Lat. boscalia (Du Cange), pl. of boscāle, f. late L. boscum a wood.]
A copse or thicket; often as a place of concealment, an ambush.
a1400Morte Arthur 895 On blonkez by ȝone buscayle. Ibid. 1634 They buskede theme..In the buskayle of his waye. a1400Octouian 1607 Besyde Acrys, yn a boschayle They token rest. c1430Syr Gener. 9189 Thei..come out of here busshaile Streight forto bede hem bataile.
b. collect. Brushwood, underwood.
c1400Mandeville xxvii. 271 A gret yle fulle of Trees and Buscaylle. Ibid. Buscaylle & Thornes & Breres & grene Grasse. |