thornery

English

Etymology

thorn +‎ -ery

Noun

thornery (plural thorneries)

  1. (dated, rare) A plantation of thorny plants.
    • 1828, John Claudius Loudon, The Gardener's Magazine and Register of Rural and Domestic Improvement:
      An acre laid out as a thornery would form an interesting episode to the general scenery of a pleasure-ground.

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