Meaning of warwood | Babel Free
Definitions
Wood used for military materiel, especially in the context of historical warfare
Examples
“Sons of battle! Hunters of men! Raise⟳ high your war-wood! Hack away merry men, hack away.”
“Wooden whales, or whales cut⟳ in profile out of the small dark slabs of the noble South Sea warwood, are frequently met with in the forecastles of American whalers. ...little canoes of dark wood, like⟳ the rich warwood of his native isle.”
“1880, Gerald Manley Hopkins, "Spring⟳ and fall⟳ to a young child" in T.M. Flormata-Ballesteros, Speech and Oral Communication, page 144, →ISBN. By and by, nor spare⟳ a sigh⟳ Though worlds of warwood leafmeal lie⟳”
CEFR level
B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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