: a row of shrubs or trees enclosing or separating fields
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Cantanucci’s property line is 72 feet away, but her hearing is such that the sound of balls bouncing and people yelping jumped the hedgerows.—Pat Beall, Sun Sentinel, 27 Mar. 2026 To date, California Olive Ranch has focused almost exclusively on hedgerow production.—Sean Timberlake, Sacbee.com, 16 Mar. 2026 Farmers gathered walnuts into leather pouches beside hedgerows laden with berries, pears, plums and cornelian cherries.—Marlise Kast-Myers, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Feb. 2026 Eda led Bartholomew to the back of the shop, through the maze-like shelves as tall as hedgerows and down two steps to a door in the back wall.—Carly Tagen-Dye, PEOPLE, 22 Jan. 2026 See All Example Sentences for hedgerow
Word History
First Known Use
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above
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The first known use of hedgerow was
before the 12th century