Spinney Definition

spĭnē
spinneys
noun
A small wood; copse.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Spinney

Noun

Singular:
spinney
Plural:
spinneys

Origin of Spinney

  • Obsolete French espinoi from Old French espinei thorny place from Vulgar Latin spīnēta pl. of Latin spīnētum thorn hedge from spīna thorn

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Middle English spenné, from Middle French espinoye (“thorney thicket"), espinaye, from Latin spÄ«nÄ“tum (“thorney thicket"), from Latin spÄ«na (“thorn").

    From Wiktionary

Spinney Sentence Examples

  • The path follows the lower edge of the field and soon passes in front of a small spinney.

  • Laura Spinney is a freelance science writer specializing mainly in psychology and neuroscience.

  • In soft bright red an £ 42.00 Empireline 70's white a-line dress with polkadot bodice Sweet 70's summer dress by Spinney.

  • He also saw in the spinney the body of the man Farrow, whose death was caused by gunshot in the mouth.

  • His concluding years were passed at Spinney Abbey in Cambridgeshire; he was unmolested by the government, and he died on the 23rd of March 1674.

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