Definition of "oakenshaw" in English

noun

1. A grove of oaks.

   • 1922, A.E Housman, "The Oracles" 'Tis mute, the word they went to hear on high Dodona mountain When winds were in the oakenshaws and all the cauldrons tolled, And mute's the midland navel-stone beside the singing fountain, And echoes list to silence now where gods told lies of old.