unshrubbed

English

Etymology

From un- +‎ shrubbed.

Adjective

unshrubbed (not comparable)

1. Without shrubs.

   Synonym: shrubless

   • 1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene i]:

     Hail, many-colour’d messenger, that ne'er
     Dost disobey the wife of Jupiter;
     Who with thy saffron wings upon my flowers
     Diffusest honey-drops, refreshing showers,
     And with each end of thy blue bow dost crown
     My bosky acres and my unshrubb’d down,
     Rich scarf to my proud earth;

   • 1977, Hortense Calisher, “In a Fiery Glade”, in On Keeping Women‎^[1], New York: Arbor House, pages 153–154:

     From the spot he’s left her in, a blank, unshrubbed bit of service-yard where the earth is worn bald, she can see printed in black cut-out and lamp-glow, her own house.

References

• “unshrubbed”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.