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Bocage ( ) is a terrain of mixed woodland and pasture. ==Etymology== ''Bocage'' is a Norman word that comes from the Old Norman ''boscage'' (Anglo-Norman ''boscage'', Old French ''boschage''), from the Old French root ''bosc'' ("wood") > Modern French ''bois'' ("wood") cf. Medieval Latin ''boscus'' (first mentioned in 704 AD).〔(Etymology of "Bocage" (French) )〕 The Norman place names retain it as ''Bosc-'', ''-bosc'', ''Bosc-'', pronounced traditionally (:bɔk) or . The suffix ''-age'' means "a general thing". The ''boscage'' form was used in English for leafy decoration such as is found on eighteenth-century porcelain. Similar words occur in Scandinavian (cf. Swedish ''buskage'') and other Germanic languages; the original root is thought to be the Proto-Germanic '' *bŏsk-''. The ''boscage'' form seems to have developed its meaning under the influence of eighteenth-century romanticism. In English ''bocage'' refers to a terrain of mixed woodland and pasture, with fields and winding country lanes sunken between narrow low ridges and banks surmounted by tall thick hedgerows that break the wind but also limit visibility. It is the sort of landscape found in England in Devon. In Normandy, it acquired a particular significance during the Battle of Normandy, as it made progress against the German defenders difficult.〔http://cgsc.cdmhost.com/cdm/ref/collection/p4013coll8/id/2707〕 American personnel usually referred to ''bocage'' as ''hedgerows''. The 1934 ''Nouveau Petit Larousse'' defined ''bocage'' as 'a ''bosquet'', a little wood, an agreeably shady wood' and a ''bosquet'' as a little wood, a clump of trees'. By 2006, the ''Petit Larousse'' definition had become '(Norman word) Region where the fields and meadows are enclosed by earth banks carrying hedges or rows of trees and where the habitation is generally dispersed in farms and hamlets.' ''Bocage'' may also refer to a small forest, a decorative element of leaves, or a type of rubble-work, comparable with the English use of "rustic" in relation to garden ornamentation. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「bocage」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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