DCHP-1 Online
island 
n. a clump of trees on the prairie, in a meadow, etc.
See also: bluff (def. 3a) islet de bois
- 1691 (1929) . . . having travelled to day near 30 miles in ye Evening came to a small poplo Island wch standeth out from ye main ridge of woods. . . .
- 1776 (1901) We were in sight of a wood, or island, as the term not unnaturally is[,] as well with the Indians as others.
- 1888 Islands of timber and fields of prairie, artistically arranged, and so placed that however cultivated your taste, you would not change them if you could.
- 1962 Bill worked from bunch to bunch near one of the islands of timber in the middle of the meadow.
- 1691 (1929) . . . having travelled to day near 30 miles in ye Evening came to a small poplo Island wch standeth out from ye main ridge of woods. . . .