hedgerow

From Middle English heggerowe, heggerewe, heggerawe, from Old English *heċġrāw, *heċġrǣw (attested only as Old English heġerǣwe, heġerēwe (“hedgerow”)), equivalent to hedge +‎ row.

• IPA^(key): /ˈhɛd͡ʒɹəʊ/

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hedgerow (plural hedgerows)

1. A row of closely planted bushes or trees forming a hedge.

   Coordinate terms: fencerow; windbreak; shelterbelt

   • 1919, Ronald Firbank, Valmouth, Duckworth, hardback edition, page 91

     He had a suit of summer mufti, and a broad-brimmed blue beaver hat looped with leaves broken from the hedgerows in the lanes, and a Leander scarf tucked full of flowers: loosestrife, meadowrue, orchis, ragged-robin.

   • 1971, Led Zeppelin, “Stairway to Heaven”:

     If there's a bustle in your hedgerow, don't be alarmed now, it's just a spring clean for the may queen