SPINNEY


Meaning of SPINNEY in English

/spin"ee/ , n. , pl. spinneys . Brit.

a small wood or thicket.

[ 1300-50; ME espinei (masc.), espinaie (fem.) a place full of thorns, deriv. of espine SPINE; cf. LL spinetum difficulty, equiv. to L spin ( a ) thorn (see SPINE) + -etum n. suffix (see ARBORETUM) ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .