Definition of "shaw"
shaw
noun
plural shaws
(dated, dialectal) A thicket; a small wood or grove.
Quotations
All this herd sire Lamorak / and on the morne sir lamorak took his hors and rode vnto the forest / and there he mette with two knyghtes houynge vnder the wood shaweAll this heard Sir Lamorak, and on the morn Sir Lamorak took his horse and rode unto the forest, and there he met with two knights hoving under the wood-shaw(please add an English translation of this quotation)
1485, Sir Thomas Malory, chapter XII, in Le Morte Darthur, book IX
Thenne said sire kay I requyre you lete vs preue this aduenture / I shal not fayle you said sir Gaherys / and soo they rode that tyme tyl a lake / that was that tyme called the peryllous lake / And there they abode vnder the shawe of the woodThen said Sir Kay: I require you let us prove this adventure. I shall not fail you, said Sir Gaheris. And so they rode that time till a lake that was that time called the Perilous Lake, and there they abode under the shaw of the wood(please add an English translation of this quotation)
1485, Sir Thomas Malory, chapter XXXIX, in Le Morte Darthur, book IX
(Scotland) The leaves and tops of vegetables, especially potatoes and turnips.