NOUN
- tall rush with soft erect or arching stems found in Eurasia, Australia, New Zealand, and common in North America
- tall marsh plant with cylindrical seed heads that explode when mature shedding large quantities of down; its long flat leaves are used for making mats and chair seats; of North America, Europe, Asia and North Africa
How To Use bullrush In A Sentence
- A flaring sunset touches the trees with colours of flame and molten copper; reddens even the bullrushes and the ropes of ivy which drift, among their own reflections, in the river.
- This bolsa was nothing but a bundle of tule, or bullrush, bound together with grass-ropes in the shape of a cigar, about ten feet long and about two feet through the butt. Memoirs of the Union's Three Great Civil War Generals
- I think that kids that grow up in cities miss out on the fun of activities like cowtipping and bullrush fights. Tipping : Bev Vincent
- On the way we discovered fossils buried on the bank, frightened the geese, met a dog called Ronnie, picked tall bullrushes and got thoroughly lost in the undergrowth trying to find the path.
- Reed beds with rush, bullrush and clumps of mauve sea aster encroach on the narrow channel. Country diary: Cornwall
- He whittled away at a bullrush (we were sunning by the river, after a swim) and said, "Well, they have earth magic, if you can find a good one. The Bull From The Sea
- Their heroes fight, after preliminary parley which would do credit to the chivalry of the Hippodrome; and their lances invariably splinter as frush as the texture of the bullrush. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 379, May, 1847
- I particularly like the duckling firing the air-powered frog into the air, and the bullrush spindles on the landing. Snuggle Down
- I remember when the only good fighter was the machine gun tripper. now he can use bullrush, disarm, even grapple effectively and is usually pretty damned good at defending against those same type of attacks. Pathfinder Fighter vs. Ice Devil? « Geek Related
- Summer times us went bar headed, but Unker Ned made bullrush hats for us to wear in winter. Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Georgia Narratives, Part 2
