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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

SPINNEY

Spin "ney, n.; pl. Spinneys (.

 

Defn: Same as Spinny. T. Hughes.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

spinney

spin ney |ˈspinē ˈspɪni | ▶noun ( pl. spinneys ) Brit. a small area of trees and bushes. ORIGIN late 16th cent.: shortening of Old French espinei, from an alteration of Latin spinetum ‘thicket, ’ from spina ‘thorn. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

spinney

spin |ney |ˈspɪni | ▶noun ( pl. spinneys ) Brit. a small area of trees and bushes. ORIGIN late 16th cent.: shortening of Old French espinei, from an alteration of Latin spinetum ‘thicket ’, from spina ‘thorn ’.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

spinney

spin ney /spɪ́ni /名詞 複 ～s C ｟英 ｠やぶ (｟米 ｠copse ).