bough
/ˈbaʊ̯/ noun C2- A tree-branch, usually a primary one directly attached to the trunk. · When the bough breaks, the cradle will fall. (Rock-a-bye Baby)
Plural boughs
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The wind purred softly in the cherry boughs, and the mint breaths came up to her.
Below the boughs the air was full of a purple twilight and far ahead a glimpse of painted sunset sky shone like a great rose window at the end of a cathedral aisle.
Tiny woods below whose boughs
A huge cherry-tree grew outside, so close that its boughs tapped against the house, and it was so thick-set with blossoms that hardly a leaf was to be seen.
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