hedge

A line of closely-planted woody plants, generally marking a boundary, enclosing farm animals, creating a screen and/or providing shelter, and generally trimmed at the sides and on top from time to time so that the hedge stays dense and foliated to near ground level.

dead hedge,
derelict hedge,
enclosure (of land),
hedge form,
hedge laying,
hedgerow,
Hedgerows Regulations 1997,
high hedge,
Hooper’s rule,
screen

This definition is abridged from A – Z of tree terms: A companion to British arboriculture.
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