noun
shaw
shaw
noun
1
(dialectal, British) A small wood or thicket.
"The path led through a shaw at the edge of the field."
How to Use Shaw
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishAn old dialect word for a small patch of woodland, rarely used today outside place names.
Word Forms
shaws plural, Shaws plural
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Etymology
From Old English sċeaga, "small wood," related to Old Norse skógr, "forest" (the source of Danish skov).