: a row of shrubs or trees enclosing or separating fields
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Farmers gathered walnuts into leather pouches beside hedgerows laden with berries, pears, plums and cornelian cherries.—Marlise Kast-Myers, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Feb. 2026 Eda led Bartholomew to the back of the shop, through the maze-like shelves as tall as hedgerows and down two steps to a door in the back wall.—Carly Tagen-Dye, PEOPLE, 22 Jan. 2026 The plants act as a sort of hedgerow, walling off portions of the space to create intimate vignettes: a travertine pool table here, a stainless steel orb sculpture there, and a scalloped Calacatta marble espresso counter in the distance.—Nicholas Derenzo, Condé Nast Traveler, 14 Jan. 2026 Plant, half a century removed from Golden God status, even found some space to bustle the hedgerows of NPR’s knickknacks and shelves during the instrumental breaks.—Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 21 Nov. 2025 See All Example Sentences for hedgerow
Word History
First Known Use
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above
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The first known use of hedgerow was
before the 12th century