hedge-born

The Century Dictionary: The Encyelopedic Lexicon of the English Language · 1887 · p. 110

(hej’bérn), a. Born under a hedge; hence, of low birth; rustic; obscure; mean. A hedge-born swain — That doth presume to boast of gentle blood. Shak., 1 Hen. VI., iv. 1. hedge-bote (hej’bot), ». [