noun
- small woods or thickets, especially of thorny shrubs
Usage: British
Examples
- The children explored the spinneys behind their grandmother’s cottage.
- Rabbits often hide in the dense spinneys during hunting season.
- The old map showed several spinneys scattered across the countryside.
- Birds nested safely in the thorny spinneys near the stream.
- The farmer left the spinneys untouched to provide wildlife habitat.
- Walking through the spinneys required careful navigation around brambles.