† sub-bois Obs.
[AF. subbois = Law-Latin subboscus, f. sub- sub- 3 + boscus wood. (Mod.F. has sous-bois; cf. south-bois s.v. south-2.)]
= underwood.
| 1677 N. Cox Gentl. Recreat. (ed. 2) 15 Of Sub-boys, some for Browse and Food of the Game, and for Shelter and Defence; as Maples, &c. Some for Browse and Defence; as Birch, Sallow, Willow. 1706 [see south-bois s.v. south-2]. 1708 Les Termes de la Ley 519 Sylva cædua..is also called Subboys or Coppice Wood. |