† Sub-bois

Obs. [AF. subbois = Low-Latin subboscus, f. sub- SUB- 3 + boscus wood. (Mod.F. has sous-bois; cf. south-bois s.v. SOUTH-²)] = UNDERWOOD.

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1677. N. Cox, Gentl. Recreat. (ed. 2), 15. Of Sub-boys, some for Browse and Food of the Game, and for Shelter and Defence; as Maples, &c. Some for Browse and Defence: as Birch, Sallow, Willow.

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1706. [see south-bois s.v. SOUTH-²].

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1708. Les Termes de la Ley, 519. Sylva cædua … is also called Subboys or Coppice Wood.

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