Definitions for osiers

osiers o·sier

Spelling: [oh-zher]
IPA: /ˈoʊ ʒər/

Osiers is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 5 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 5 points.

You can make 85 anagrams from letters in osiers (eiorss).

Definitions for osiers

noun

  1. any of various willows, as the red osier, having tough, flexible twigs or branches that are used for wickerwork.
  2. a twig from such a willow.
  3. any of various North American dogwoods.

Origin of osiers

1300-50; Middle English Middle French; akin to Medieval Latin ausāria willow bed

Examples for osiers

Kalliope was never beaten by her grandfather with osier rods.

An osier bow-net and two or three old fishing-boats might be seen there.

Before reaching Pangbourne we pass acres of osier beds on the right.

Here it serves all the purposes to which the osier is applied in Europe.

The reference is to baskets made of osier, a kind of willow.

A variety of colors was the only ornament of their wooden or osier shields.

Their shields were made of osier twigs, and their javelins were blunted.

Patience, with hideous calmness, bound me to a tree with an osier shoot.

Still, she often neglected her osier tray to go rambling about the neighbourhood.

Usually made of osier, for the transport and measure of shingle-ballast.

Word Value for osiers
Scrable

5

Words with friends

5

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