[? A variant of BOURTREE; or a distinct word = bound-tree, f. BOUND sb. from being planted to mark boundaries.]
Common name in Scotland of the Elder-tree. Also attrib., as in bountree gun.
1821. Blackw. Mag., X. Aug., 35/2 (Jam.). Bountry-guns are formed of the alder tree, the soft pith being taken out, and are charged with wet paper.
1848. Proc. Berw. Nat. Club, II. vi. 265. The Ash and the Bountree were also observed.
