Bough
a branch of a tree, especially one of the larger or main branches.
Historical Examples
The Passenger Pigeon Various
Fair Margaret H. Rider Haggard
Good Stories For Great Holidays Frances Jenkins Olcott
The Rock of Chickamauga Joseph A. Altsheler
What Might Have Been Expected Frank R. Stockton
Micah Clarke Arthur Conan Doyle
The Glow-Worm and Other Beetles Jean Henri Fabre
Abbe Mouret’s Transgression Emile Zola
The Vigil of Venus and Other Poems by “Q” Q
Abbe Mouret’s Transgression Emile Zola
noun
any of the main branches of a tree
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