Queach (noun) (English regional)
kwee-ch
A dense growth of bushes; a thicket. Also: a patch of untillable land characterized by such thickets.
Late 15th century; earliest use found in The Book of St. Albans. Origin uncertain.
Example sentences
“You won’t grow anything in the queach, it’s impossible.”
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