Definition of "canebrake" [cane•brake]

• A dense thicket of cane. (noun)

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• "Now, while the crickets shake their infant rattles in canebrake"
• "I was like to swoon, and had to grab a nearby canebrake rattlesnake for support."
• "Or maybe he noticed that I glanced off toward that canebrake."