hedgebank

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English

Etymology

hedge +‎ bank

Noun

hedgebank (plural hedgebanks)

  1. A hedgerow.
    • 1891, Thomas Hardy, Tess of the d'Urbervilles, volume 1, London: James R. Osgood, McIlvaine and Co., page 23:
      He unstrapped his knapsack, put it, with his stick, on the hedge-bank, and opened the gate.