单词 | high forest |
释义 | > as lemmashigh forest high forest n. [compare Middle French haute forest (a1400; French haute forêt)] forest consisting of tall trees, esp. ones which have not been coppiced or pollarded; a forest of this kind; cf. highwood n. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > by growth or development > defined by habit > tree or woody plant > wood or assemblage of trees or shrubs > [noun] > planted, cultivated, or valued high forest1477 planting1535 plantation1669 woodwork1712 wooding1788 the world > plants > by growth or development > defined by habit > tree or woody plant > wood or assemblage of trees or shrubs > [noun] > wood of tall trees or lacking undergrowth highwoodc1275 high forest1477 hautboy1677 open wood1790 1477 W. Caxton tr. R. Le Fèvre Hist. Jason (1913) 93 For the londe was right fertyle... the trees charged with fruyt. the wodes & hye forestes [Fr. les forests] full of wilde bestes & veneson. 1525 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles II. f. clvv/1 They shulde mete all with their puyssaunce on the fronters of Gales at a castell in the hyghe forest [Fr. de haultes forestz] called Gedeours. 1677 R. Thoroton Antiq. Notts. 505/2 The second Keeping is the High Forest. 1796 Sc. Reg. 6 154 The little lake, which is an expansion of the river, now appeared in view; on the east side are extensive marshes, and on the other, high forests and orange groves. 1879 Encycl. Brit. IX. 398/2 In..Germany..care is always taken that in high forest there is a good stock of self-sown trees before the old crop is entirely removed. 1959 Times 2 June 12/6 Growing conifers as high forest. 2010 J. Obua & J. G. Agea in F. Bongers & T. Tennigkeit Degraded Forests E. Afr. iii. 73 Uganda's forest sector had a worldwide reputation, particularly for research into tropical high forest management. < as lemmas |
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