I. ˈshȯ, ˈshä noun
( -s )
Etymology: Middle English shawe, from Old English scaga, sceaga; akin to Old Norse skagi promontory, skaga to project — more at shag
dialect : a small grove of trees : coppice , thicket
scattered through the shaw — C.S.Coon
especially : a strip of woods forming the boundary of a field
II. ˈshȯ
chiefly dialect
variant of show
III. noun
( -s )
Etymology: probably from shaw (II)
chiefly Britain : the tops and stalks of a cultivated crop (as potatoes or turnips)
heavy-yielding … potato, with great shaws that protected the tubers from the hot sun — Paul de Kruif