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Definition of Cane brake

Cane brake
Brake Brake, n. [OE. brake fern; cf. AS. bracce fern, LG. brake willow bush, Da. bregne fern, G. brach fallow; prob. orig. the growth on rough, broken ground, fr. the root of E. break. See Break, v. t., cf. Bracken, and 2d Brake, n.] 1. (Bot.) A fern of the genus Pteris, esp. the P. aquilina, common in almost all countries. It has solitary stems dividing into three principal branches. Less properly: Any fern. 2. A thicket; a place overgrown with shrubs and brambles, with undergrowth and ferns, or with canes. Rounds rising hillocks, brakes obscure and rough, To shelter thee from tempest and from rain. --Shak. He stayed not for brake, and he stopped not for stone. --Sir W. Scott. Cane brake, a thicket of canes. See Canebrake.

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- Cane Brake was a plantation home in Saluda, South Carolina, an historic property of Thomas Green Clemson of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, after whom Clemson...
- densely the cane grew and how difficult it was to travel through. For example, in 1728 William Byrd described hacking through a "forest" of cane "more than...
- Look up cane brake in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A canebrake is a thick, dense growth of cane or sugarcane. Canebrake may also refer to: Places...
- The Battle of Great Cane Brake was a skirmish fought on December 22, 1775, during the American Revolutionary War in what was then Ninety-Six District,...
- name Shambia, meaning "clear water", or the Choctaw word for "cane-brake" or "reed-brake". The Choctaw were another major tribe in the Southeast. Created...
- The cane toad (Rhinella marina), also known as the giant neotropical toad or marine toad, is a large, terrestrial true toad native to South and mainland...
- in the U.S. state of Louisiana, known for its fertile, flat farmland, cane brakes, and open spaces. The parish had a po****tion of 20,043 at the 2020 United...
- Sarracenia alabamensis, also known as the cane-brake pitcher plant, is a carnivorous plant in the genus Sarracenia. Like all Sarracenia, it is native to...
- the po****tion of the town was 133. The area was originally known as Cane Brake due to the large number of canebrakes in the area. The earliest known...
- Waters "Camptown Races" or "Gwine to Run All Night" 1850 F. D. Benteen "Cane Brake Jig" or "Plantation Jig" 1853 Firth, Pond & Co. "Choral Harp" 1863 Horace...