Obs. exc. arch. [ad. L. spīnēt-um (f. spīna thorn) or It. spineto.] A thicket; a spinney.
1603. B. Jonson, Entertainm. at Althorpe, 1. The invention was, to have a Satyre lodged in a little Spinet by which her Majestie and the Prince were to come.
1635. Brathwait, Arcadian Princess, II. 179. Walking one day in a delightfull spinet, beautified with shady poplars.
1848. Tyas, Favourite Field Fl., Ser. I. 17. We came near a spinet, consisting chiefly of lofty well-grown ash trees.
