skedge

noun

ˈskej

variants or less commonly skedgewith

-ˌwith

plural -s

: privet sense 1a(1)

Word History

Etymology

Cornish skeswedhen, skeswȳth, literally, shade tree, from skēs shade + gwedhen, gwȳth tree; akin to Old Irish scāth shadow and to Old Irish fid tree

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