From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishRelated topics: Naturespinneyspin‧ney /ˈspɪni/ noun [countable] British EnglishDNa small area of trees and bushesSYN copseExamples from the Corpusspinney• There was a spinney they'd made their own, by the river.• Millions of small birds now sing in the hedges and spinneys.• They did this by developing game crops, game spinneys, small woods, and unsprayed or carefully sprayedheadlands.• But with a bit of money spent you could have a nice little spinney there - be pretty in the spring.• At a twist in the river lay the spinney, a clump of birchsaplingssprouting through a thicket of bramble.• The dragon continued through the spinney, incinerating every likely-looking bush and clump of ferns.• Ahead of him a whole spinney of the tree men awaited.Originspinney(1500-1600)Old Frenchespinei"thorny hedge"