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Meaning of devesa | Babel Free

Noun feminine CEFR B1
[deˈβesɐ]

Definitions

a vast woodland, usually walled or fenced, whose trees are not very densely packed

feminine

Examples

“Iten enna Morgan hun pedaso de devesa acerca do camino publico segun que parte per hum marqo que esta ao pee de hun carvallo grande que sou [son] nove carvallos entre grandes et pequenos”

Item, in Morgan a piece of a devesa near the public way as it goes from a boundary stone at the feet of a large oak tree; and those are nine oak trees, large and small

“Iba sempre a cabalo, pois tiña que andar máis de catro légoas por fragas, devesas e caborcos.”

He always rode a horse, for he had to travel over four leagues through isolated forests, sparse woods and gullies.

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

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