Bōs'cage, n.

noun

n. [O. Fr. boscage, boscaige, boschage, now bocage, grove, Sp. boscage, Pr. boscatge, from Pr. bosc, Sp. & Pg. bosque, It. bosco, Fr. bois, L. Lat. boscus and buscus, thicket, wood, from Ger. busch, bosch, D. bosch, bos, O. Eng. busk, N. Eng. bush, Dan. busk, Sw. buske, Icel. būskr, buski.]

Wood; underwood; lands covered with underwood; a thicket; thick foliage. “The somber boscage of the wood.” Tennyson.
(Old Law.) Food or sustenance for cattle yielded by bushes and trees. Cowell. Burn.
(Paint.) A landscape representing thickets of wood.