noun
- a dense thicket or brake of cane plants, especially in the southern United States
Usage: often used in geographical or ecological contexts; chiefly North American
Examples
- The explorers had to cut their way through the canebrake to reach the river.
- Canebrakes once covered vast areas of the southeastern swamps.
- Wildlife often shelters in the dense canebrake during the dry season.
- The old plantation was bordered by an impenetrable canebrake.
- Restoration efforts aim to bring back native canebrakes to their historical range.