|  kiwikiwiduck | Sep 28, 2007 10:36am | | The eaves of a forest, surely? I mean, I know that relates to a roof, but I love how it sounds... all foresty. |
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Sponsor |  rumisong | Sep 28, 2007 2:58pm | ah, my thread is still alive here :)
thanks for all the thoughts ... I really have to put it out of my mind, so that when I next see it, Ill recognize it .. If I carry this "wanting to find it" too long, I run the risk of missing it - skipping right past it the next time it appears ... do you know the sense I mean?
this has been fun and a pleasure meeting all of you that I havent met before - and seeing those of you I havent seen in a while :)
cheers and joy
19: great words - "the slot", a "spoor" :) ...
21: maybe if we end up making one up ... or if not eaves, then perhaps the forest "gable" ? |
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Sponsor | | northpaw | Sep 28, 2007 3:36pm | Rumi, you mentioned "break", and I do think it's pretty appropriate for what you're describing (even if it's not the word you're trying to remember).
"A break in the trees provides a glimpse of the Mv. L. J. Sullivan, pausing for the channel to clear on her way up the Mississippi River above Dubuque, Iowa, on July 21, 2003." (link) (pic)
artwork 'Break In The Trees'
"A Potato Field seen through a break in the trees." (link) (pic)
"Looking east at the confluence site--at the small break in the trees--from the west." (pic)
I could also imagine a "small break" in the bushes...in the foliage...etc. Guess you're after a synonym for that, huh? |
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Sponsor | | pseudonym | Sep 30, 2007 3:01pm | | 23: I also think "break" is the appropriate word. Many *great* example links you've furnished, too! :-) |
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|  debseko | Nov 5, 2007 9:42pm | Here or a few to consider.
Cavity -a hole or hollow space in something
Aperture - a small narrow opening
Chasm - a large gap or break in the progress or continuity of something. |
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|  carbon012 | Nov 9, 2007 11:19pm | Bound, Strand, Fringe, Periphery, Turn or Verge.
There are about 40^1000 ~Old Englishy words describing forests & terrain conditions. Glade, combe, dale, vale, holm, etc. etc. etc. |
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Sponsor | | rumisong | Nov 10, 2007 5:53am | "There are about 40^1000 ~Old Englishy words describing forests & terrain conditions. Glade, combe, dale, vale, holm, etc. etc. etc."
indeed - if anyone knows of a list of such words? it would be cool to see - I do love such words ... they seem to make for such a big part of the flavor of the British Isles, dont they?
sorry what does 40^1000 read as? I dont know what this means ...
the word "Verge" is very very close ... but still not exactly the "opening" ... but very close to what I was remembering ... a common use word today, that has the meaning of a landform as its root, but that meaning is no longer used today -
etymonline says:
"originally a 12-mile radius round the king's court. Sense shifted to "the outermost edge of an expanse or area." Meaning "point at which something happens" (as in on the verge of) is first attested 1602. "A very curious sense development."" |
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|  Textuous | Nov 28, 2007 10:43am | While I'm no wordsmith, I must admit this predicament has caused me several hours of pondermentation. It's kinda like looking for a word to label that happenstance where two people meet on the sidewalk, and each steps to the right, then to the left, etc.
When I get backed up into the corner of the corral like that, I see two choices.
One, use a sprinklin' of symbolism for the forest, and you get all sorts of interesting choices for the opening.
Two, make up a word. (I get away with THAT rather easily, 'cause cowboys is SUPPOSED to be disillusionary sorts in the FIRST place) |
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|  | | 1090597 | Nov 28, 2007 11:50pm | I came across this over a week ago and
it's still bugging me.
Rumi, I'll bet you a nickel that John,
[once.stumbleupon.com [once.stumbleupon.com]]
would find you the precise word you are looking for.
Try him.
However, having suggested that, northpaw (23) has
described the precise word you are looking for:
break.
You now have a fork in the road. ;0)
Practically speaking, I think if I were using your
idea and couldn't come up with a definitive answer,
I'd go around the forest to see the trees. And that
would be the end of that. The harder you try to
remember "the" word, the more elusive it becomes.
With that, I shall take a break. :0) |
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