reed-bed
[reed n.1]
A bed or growth of reeds. (Common in recent use.)
| c 1000 ælfric Exod. ii. 3 Heo..asette hyne on anum hreodbedde be þæs flodes ofre. 1483 Cath. Angl. 302/1 Rede bede, arundinetum, cannetum. 1732 Ainsworth Lat. Dict. I. s.v. Reed, A reed bed, bank, or plot, arundinetum. 1843 Zoologist I. 97 The reed-beds on the banks of the Thames. 1897 E. Conybeare Hist. Cambridgesh. 5 The Great Copper butterfly..no longer brightens the reed-beds. |