tree-boles

No bow-strings twanged that he could hear; but every little while, whence discharged he knew not, tiny arrows whispered past him or struck tree-boles and fluttered to the ground beside him.

THE RED ONE 2010

Even were there no other lurking danger — a danger I did not care to let my imagination loose upon — there would still be all the roots to stumble over and the tree-boles to strike against.

The Time Machine, by H. G. Wells Herbert George 2006

That casement which rained billets, had vulgarized the once dear nook it overlooked; and elsewhere, the eyes of the flowers had gained vision, and the knots in the tree-boles listened like secret ears.

Villette 2003

There were brackets of orange fungus jutting from the tree-boles, and frail bluish toadstools in the turf.

The Devil's Novice Peters, Ellis, 1913- 1983

There were brackets of orange fungus jutting from the tree-boles, and frail bluish toadstools in the turf.

The Devil's Novice Peters, Ellis, 1913- 1983

Even were there no other lurking danger -- a danger I did not care to let my imagination loose upon -- there would still be all the roots to stumble over and the tree-boles to strike against.

Science Fiction Hall of Fame Various, 1973

Bryce in his turn peered intently in between the tree-boles, but the shadows lay thick upon the grass between, and it was difficult to define even the shapes of the more distant timber.

The Lost Valley James Morgan Walsh 1924

The words stole through him like a temptation, and to close his senses to it he moved away from the hearth and stood gazing out at the black tree-boles against the snow.

XV. Book I 1920

The words stole through him like a temptation, and to close his senses to it he moved away from the hearth and stood gazing out at the black tree-boles against the snow.

The Age of Innocence 1920

No bow-strings twanged that he could hear; but every little while, whence discharged he knew not, tiny arrows whispered past him or struck tree-boles and fluttered to the ground beside him.

The Red One 1918