spinney

Example Sentences

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It happened that there was in the yard a pile of timber which had been stacked there ten years earlier when a beech spinney was cleared.

From "Animal Farm: A Fairy Story" by George Orwell

Merry went in front leading a laden pony, and took his way along a path that went through a spinney behind the house, and then cut across several fields.

From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien

Then they made a tour of inspection of the whole farm and surveyed with speechless admiration the ploughland, the hayfield, the orchard, the pool, the spinney.

From "Animal Farm: A Fairy Story" by George Orwell

Less than half a mile to the west, they came upon a spinney adjoining the southern edge of Caesar’s Belt.

From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams

He led me into a small spinney, ample enough to hide us from view.

From "Crispin: The Cross of Lead" by Avi