shin-oak

Definitions

noun One of several dwarf oaks of the southwestern United States, forming the largest element in ‘shinneries.’ That perhaps most properly so called is Quercus undulata (also called scrub-oak). Others are Q. gambelii and Q. breviloba (both also called white oak).
noun The upland willow oak, Quercus cinerea.

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Even as he spoke, Ramona went plunging over the head of her horse into a bunch of shin-oak.

Oh, You Tex! William MacLeod Raine 1912
Through the shin-oak which grew thick on the edge of the bluff he made out a man on horseback driving a calf.

Oh, You Tex! William MacLeod Raine 1912
Two men, masked with slitted handkerchiefs, broke through the shin-oak just as Arthur whipped up his gun.

Oh, You Tex! William MacLeod Raine 1912
He had continued to pace for some distance, after emerging from the shin-oak forest; but all at once, as we could tell by his tracks, he had bounded off again, and resumed his headlong gallop.

The War Trail The Hunt of the Wild Horse Mayne Reid 1850
For long fretful hours we toiled through the "shin-oak" forest, our heads far overtopping its tallest trees!

The War Trail The Hunt of the Wild Horse Mayne Reid 1850
They look to me like they been fed on short grass an 'shin-oak. "

Oh, You Tex! William MacLeod Raine 1912