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Withy

//ˈwɪð.i// adj, noun

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Flexible, like a withe. archaic

    "The Merlons, to the end that they may be good, ought to be made of Earth, the most eaſie to be tempered that may be: And this Earth ought alſo to be mixed with Withy Twigs, or Brambles, provided they take Root, after which they are to be lined with good Turff."

Noun
  1. 1
    An osier (Salix viminalis), a type of willow.
  2. 2
    strong flexible twig wordnet
  3. 3
    A long flexible twig of the osier; a withe.

    "In the midst of the meadow was a space marked out with withies sixty paces either way for the wrastling ground."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Old English wīþiġ.

Etymology 2

From withe + -y.

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