Noun

(en noun)

A firm branch of a tree.

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, title=(The Celebrity), chapter=8 , passage=Now we plunged into a deep shade with the boughs lacing each other overhead, and crossed dainty, rustic bridges over the cold trout-streams, the boards giving back the clatter of our horses' feet: or anon we shot into a clearing, with a colored glimpse of the lake and its curving shore far below us.}}

* 2013 , . Melbourne, Australia: The Text Publishing Company. chapter 18. p. 172.

A pair of birds settle on the bough above them, murmuring together, ready to roost.