Another word for a single line of trees on a hilltop, as seen from a distance
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There's definitely a single word that is used to describe, when seen from a distance, a single row of trees on a hilltop. I searched quite a bit but am unable to find the word.
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There's definitely a single word that is used to describe, when seen from a distance, a single row of trees on a hilltop. I searched quite a bit but am unable to find the word.
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As a landscape Architect, I’ve been racking my brains for any relevant jargon, but can’t come up with term. I wonder if there is a chance you have heard a description, perhaps metaphorical, and mis-recall it as a definitive term? In the field of Landscape Design the closest I can come is ‘Eye-catcher’, which would usually refer to a built feature (rather than trees) on a hill at some distance from the main garden, designed to make the viewer change their gaze from close to distant.
– Spagirl
Jun 24 '16 at 10:22
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I can only come up with "windbreak" - a hedge/row of trees or tall bushes whose purpose is to block the wind.
– miltonaut
Jun 24 '16 at 10:24
It's either a windbreak or a row of trees. Of course you can always wax poetic with "a crown of trees" or some such.
– Hot Licks
Jun 24 '16 at 12:16
I can't offer a single word for exactly what you describe, but if the hilltop is curved, you could say 'arc of trees'.
– David Garner
Jun 24 '16 at 13:19
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A line one deep is a rank, and a line one wide is a file. So I could easily imagine someone talking about, say, "a starkly silhouetted rank of winter trees", and it would be both comprehensible and evocative, but it's using a general description. It may be that, as Spagirl suggests, you heard such a general-purpose description and mistook it for a single-use word.
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There's definitely a single word that is used to describe, when seen from a distance, a single row of trees on a hilltop. I searched quite a bit but am unable to find the word.
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There's definitely a single word that is used to describe, when seen from a distance, a single row of trees on a hilltop. I searched quite a bit but am unable to find the word.
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As a landscape Architect, I’ve been racking my brains for any relevant jargon, but can’t come up with term. I wonder if there is a chance you have heard a description, perhaps metaphorical, and mis-recall it as a definitive term? In the field of Landscape Design the closest I can come is ‘Eye-catcher’, which would usually refer to a built feature (rather than trees) on a hill at some distance from the main garden, designed to make the viewer change their gaze from close to distant.
– Spagirl
Jun 24 '16 at 10:22
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I can only come up with "windbreak" - a hedge/row of trees or tall bushes whose purpose is to block the wind.
– miltonaut
Jun 24 '16 at 10:24
It's either a windbreak or a row of trees. Of course you can always wax poetic with "a crown of trees" or some such.
– Hot Licks
Jun 24 '16 at 12:16
I can't offer a single word for exactly what you describe, but if the hilltop is curved, you could say 'arc of trees'.
– David Garner
Jun 24 '16 at 13:19
5
A line one deep is a rank, and a line one wide is a file. So I could easily imagine someone talking about, say, "a starkly silhouetted rank of winter trees", and it would be both comprehensible and evocative, but it's using a general description. It may be that, as Spagirl suggests, you heard such a general-purpose description and mistook it for a single-use word.
– Joffan
Jun 24 '16 at 13:50
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As a landscape Architect, I’ve been racking my brains for any relevant jargon, but can’t come up with term. I wonder if there is a chance you have heard a description, perhaps metaphorical, and mis-recall it as a definitive term? In the field of Landscape Design the closest I can come is ‘Eye-catcher’, which would usually refer to a built feature (rather than trees) on a hill at some distance from the main garden, designed to make the viewer change their gaze from close to distant.
– Spagirl
Jun 24 '16 at 10:22
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I can only come up with "windbreak" - a hedge/row of trees or tall bushes whose purpose is to block the wind.
– miltonaut
Jun 24 '16 at 10:24
It's either a windbreak or a row of trees. Of course you can always wax poetic with "a crown of trees" or some such.
– Hot Licks
Jun 24 '16 at 12:16
I can't offer a single word for exactly what you describe, but if the hilltop is curved, you could say 'arc of trees'.
– David Garner
Jun 24 '16 at 13:19
5
A line one deep is a rank, and a line one wide is a file. So I could easily imagine someone talking about, say, "a starkly silhouetted rank of winter trees", and it would be both comprehensible and evocative, but it's using a general description. It may be that, as Spagirl suggests, you heard such a general-purpose description and mistook it for a single-use word.
– Joffan
Jun 24 '16 at 13:50
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As a landscape Architect, I’ve been racking my brains for any relevant jargon, but can’t come up with term. I wonder if there is a chance you have heard a description, perhaps metaphorical, and mis-recall it as a definitive term? In the field of Landscape Design the closest I can come is ‘Eye-catcher’, which would usually refer to a built feature (rather than trees) on a hill at some distance from the main garden, designed to make the viewer change their gaze from close to distant.
– Spagirl
Jun 24 '16 at 10:22
As a landscape Architect, I’ve been racking my brains for any relevant jargon, but can’t come up with term. I wonder if there is a chance you have heard a description, perhaps metaphorical, and mis-recall it as a definitive term? In the field of Landscape Design the closest I can come is ‘Eye-catcher’, which would usually refer to a built feature (rather than trees) on a hill at some distance from the main garden, designed to make the viewer change their gaze from close to distant.
– Spagirl
Jun 24 '16 at 10:22
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I can only come up with "windbreak" - a hedge/row of trees or tall bushes whose purpose is to block the wind.
– miltonaut
Jun 24 '16 at 10:24
I can only come up with "windbreak" - a hedge/row of trees or tall bushes whose purpose is to block the wind.
– miltonaut
Jun 24 '16 at 10:24
It's either a windbreak or a row of trees. Of course you can always wax poetic with "a crown of trees" or some such.
– Hot Licks
Jun 24 '16 at 12:16
It's either a windbreak or a row of trees. Of course you can always wax poetic with "a crown of trees" or some such.
– Hot Licks
Jun 24 '16 at 12:16
I can't offer a single word for exactly what you describe, but if the hilltop is curved, you could say 'arc of trees'.
– David Garner
Jun 24 '16 at 13:19
I can't offer a single word for exactly what you describe, but if the hilltop is curved, you could say 'arc of trees'.
– David Garner
Jun 24 '16 at 13:19
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5
A line one deep is a rank, and a line one wide is a file. So I could easily imagine someone talking about, say, "a starkly silhouetted rank of winter trees", and it would be both comprehensible and evocative, but it's using a general description. It may be that, as Spagirl suggests, you heard such a general-purpose description and mistook it for a single-use word.
– Joffan
Jun 24 '16 at 13:50
A line one deep is a rank, and a line one wide is a file. So I could easily imagine someone talking about, say, "a starkly silhouetted rank of winter trees", and it would be both comprehensible and evocative, but it's using a general description. It may be that, as Spagirl suggests, you heard such a general-purpose description and mistook it for a single-use word.
– Joffan
Jun 24 '16 at 13:50
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Perhaps you encountered
colonnade:
a row of trees or other tall objects.
Or perhaps you encountered one of the following and confused it for "a single row of trees on a hilltop".
stand:
a group or growth of tall plants or trees: a stand of pine
copse:
a small group of trees
answered Jun 25 '16 at 2:14
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Great answer from Silenus (collonade is particularly appropriate) but here is one more you could consider:
clump:
A cluster of trees; a tuft of trees or shrubs’ (Johnson); now also, a compact mass or patch of any growing plant, e.g. a clump of lily of the valley. OED
(I know from personal experience that these are most commonly on a hilltop and are therefore visible from miles around.)
answered Jun 28 '16 at 17:25
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"An avenue of trees" would mean to me a double line (with or without a road between), rather than the single line that OP specified.
– TimLymington
Jun 28 '16 at 17:36
@TimLymington You're right, that was a silly mistake from me - removing it now.
– Jack Graveney
Jun 28 '16 at 17:41
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Try copse.
Patch is also a close synonym.
...dense 'copse' of trees.
...thin copses of trees that scattered sporadically along the distant hills.
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I think not. Neither copse nor patch suggests anything to do with "single" or "line". To the contrary, both suggests clumps, which are almost as far as you could get from lines.
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Perhaps you encountered
colonnade:
a row of trees or other tall objects.
Or perhaps you encountered one of the following and confused it for "a single row of trees on a hilltop".
stand:
a group or growth of tall plants or trees: a stand of pine
copse:
a small group of trees
answered Jun 25 '16 at 2:14
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Perhaps you encountered
colonnade:
a row of trees or other tall objects.
Or perhaps you encountered one of the following and confused it for "a single row of trees on a hilltop".
stand:
a group or growth of tall plants or trees: a stand of pine
copse:
a small group of trees
answered Jun 25 '16 at 2:14
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Perhaps you encountered
colonnade:
a row of trees or other tall objects.
Or perhaps you encountered one of the following and confused it for "a single row of trees on a hilltop".
stand:
a group or growth of tall plants or trees: a stand of pine
copse:
a small group of trees
answered Jun 25 '16 at 2:14
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Perhaps you encountered
colonnade:
a row of trees or other tall objects.
Or perhaps you encountered one of the following and confused it for "a single row of trees on a hilltop".
stand:
a group or growth of tall plants or trees: a stand of pine
copse:
a small group of trees
answered Jun 25 '16 at 2:14
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Great answer from Silenus (collonade is particularly appropriate) but here is one more you could consider:
clump:
A cluster of trees; a tuft of trees or shrubs’ (Johnson); now also, a compact mass or patch of any growing plant, e.g. a clump of lily of the valley. OED
(I know from personal experience that these are most commonly on a hilltop and are therefore visible from miles around.)
answered Jun 28 '16 at 17:25
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"An avenue of trees" would mean to me a double line (with or without a road between), rather than the single line that OP specified.
– TimLymington
Jun 28 '16 at 17:36
@TimLymington You're right, that was a silly mistake from me - removing it now.
– Jack Graveney
Jun 28 '16 at 17:41
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Great answer from Silenus (collonade is particularly appropriate) but here is one more you could consider:
clump:
A cluster of trees; a tuft of trees or shrubs’ (Johnson); now also, a compact mass or patch of any growing plant, e.g. a clump of lily of the valley. OED
(I know from personal experience that these are most commonly on a hilltop and are therefore visible from miles around.)
answered Jun 28 '16 at 17:25
Jack Graveney
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"An avenue of trees" would mean to me a double line (with or without a road between), rather than the single line that OP specified.
– TimLymington
Jun 28 '16 at 17:36
@TimLymington You're right, that was a silly mistake from me - removing it now.
– Jack Graveney
Jun 28 '16 at 17:41
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Great answer from Silenus (collonade is particularly appropriate) but here is one more you could consider:
clump:
A cluster of trees; a tuft of trees or shrubs’ (Johnson); now also, a compact mass or patch of any growing plant, e.g. a clump of lily of the valley. OED
(I know from personal experience that these are most commonly on a hilltop and are therefore visible from miles around.)
answered Jun 28 '16 at 17:25
Jack Graveney
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Great answer from Silenus (collonade is particularly appropriate) but here is one more you could consider:
clump:
A cluster of trees; a tuft of trees or shrubs’ (Johnson); now also, a compact mass or patch of any growing plant, e.g. a clump of lily of the valley. OED
(I know from personal experience that these are most commonly on a hilltop and are therefore visible from miles around.)
answered Jun 28 '16 at 17:25
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answered Jun 28 '16 at 17:25
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answered Jun 28 '16 at 17:25
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answered Jun 28 '16 at 17:25
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"An avenue of trees" would mean to me a double line (with or without a road between), rather than the single line that OP specified.
– TimLymington
Jun 28 '16 at 17:36
@TimLymington You're right, that was a silly mistake from me - removing it now.
– Jack Graveney
Jun 28 '16 at 17:41
add a comment |
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"An avenue of trees" would mean to me a double line (with or without a road between), rather than the single line that OP specified.
– TimLymington
Jun 28 '16 at 17:36
@TimLymington You're right, that was a silly mistake from me - removing it now.
– Jack Graveney
Jun 28 '16 at 17:41
1
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"An avenue of trees" would mean to me a double line (with or without a road between), rather than the single line that OP specified.
– TimLymington
Jun 28 '16 at 17:36
"An avenue of trees" would mean to me a double line (with or without a road between), rather than the single line that OP specified.
– TimLymington
Jun 28 '16 at 17:36
@TimLymington You're right, that was a silly mistake from me - removing it now.
– Jack Graveney
Jun 28 '16 at 17:41
@TimLymington You're right, that was a silly mistake from me - removing it now.
– Jack Graveney
Jun 28 '16 at 17:41
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Try copse.
Patch is also a close synonym.
...dense 'copse' of trees.
...thin copses of trees that scattered sporadically along the distant hills.
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I think not. Neither copse nor patch suggests anything to do with "single" or "line". To the contrary, both suggests clumps, which are almost as far as you could get from lines.
– Robbie Goodwin
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Try copse.
Patch is also a close synonym.
...dense 'copse' of trees.
...thin copses of trees that scattered sporadically along the distant hills.
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I think not. Neither copse nor patch suggests anything to do with "single" or "line". To the contrary, both suggests clumps, which are almost as far as you could get from lines.
– Robbie Goodwin
2 days ago
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Try copse.
Patch is also a close synonym.
...dense 'copse' of trees.
...thin copses of trees that scattered sporadically along the distant hills.
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Try copse.
Patch is also a close synonym.
...dense 'copse' of trees.
...thin copses of trees that scattered sporadically along the distant hills.
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I think not. Neither copse nor patch suggests anything to do with "single" or "line". To the contrary, both suggests clumps, which are almost as far as you could get from lines.
– Robbie Goodwin
2 days ago
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I think not. Neither copse nor patch suggests anything to do with "single" or "line". To the contrary, both suggests clumps, which are almost as far as you could get from lines.
– Robbie Goodwin
2 days ago
I think not. Neither copse nor patch suggests anything to do with "single" or "line". To the contrary, both suggests clumps, which are almost as far as you could get from lines.
– Robbie Goodwin
2 days ago
I think not. Neither copse nor patch suggests anything to do with "single" or "line". To the contrary, both suggests clumps, which are almost as far as you could get from lines.
– Robbie Goodwin
2 days ago
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As a landscape Architect, I’ve been racking my brains for any relevant jargon, but can’t come up with term. I wonder if there is a chance you have heard a description, perhaps metaphorical, and mis-recall it as a definitive term? In the field of Landscape Design the closest I can come is ‘Eye-catcher’, which would usually refer to a built feature (rather than trees) on a hill at some distance from the main garden, designed to make the viewer change their gaze from close to distant.
– Spagirl
Jun 24 '16 at 10:22
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I can only come up with "windbreak" - a hedge/row of trees or tall bushes whose purpose is to block the wind.
– miltonaut
Jun 24 '16 at 10:24
It's either a windbreak or a row of trees. Of course you can always wax poetic with "a crown of trees" or some such.
– Hot Licks
Jun 24 '16 at 12:16
I can't offer a single word for exactly what you describe, but if the hilltop is curved, you could say 'arc of trees'.
– David Garner
Jun 24 '16 at 13:19
5
A line one deep is a rank, and a line one wide is a file. So I could easily imagine someone talking about, say, "a starkly silhouetted rank of winter trees", and it would be both comprehensible and evocative, but it's using a general description. It may be that, as Spagirl suggests, you heard such a general-purpose description and mistook it for a single-use word.
– Joffan
Jun 24 '16 at 13:50