Translation question

[Morsberger, Grace]

My Cassell's has "charmille": Hedge of young hornbeam [much like the one here at Dumbarton Oaks in Washington, D.C., I imagine]; bower, arbour.

Grace Morsberger
Publications
Dumbarton Oaks


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> Greetings.
> I'd be grateful for any help that could shed light on the word at the end
> of the following phrase:
> 
> "my dokhodili do dlinnoi sharmil'i" (LC transliteration of a phrase from a
> mid-19th century text; it refers to something in a park-- the sentence
> continues with the words "za kotoroi nakhodilas' zelenaia reshetka s uzkoi
> dver'iu").
> 
> I've tried looking it up in a variety of Russian dictionaries, and even
> some French ones since I think it may have French origins.
> Any information will be much appreciated.
> With best wishes,
> Don
> 
> Donald Loewen
> Asst. Prof. of Russian
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