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weald

weald

9.9
An area of open or wooded land with hills and trees
  • noun
  • /wiːld/
  • UK
translation icon : bosque
  • He calculated a time interval for the "denudation of the Weald" in the range of 300 million years, apparently long enough for natural selection to have produced the astounding range of species on Earth.

Examples

  • The charming villages in the weald offer a glimpse of rural life in England.

  • According to OBV, the Maidstone and Weald MP has been appointed joint Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Ministry of Justice and for women's and equality issues.

    Blog text (4)

  • Yet despite its post-war fantasies of pre-war pleasure, The Weald of Youth is notable for enumerating much of the war's psychic resonance in Sassoon.

    Academic text (1994)

  • Kelvin continued by attacking Darwin's estimate directly, asking rhetorically: "What then are we to think of such geological estimates as Darwin's 300,000,000 years for the denudation of the Weald?"

    Academic text (2001)

  • The ancient forests in the weald are home to many species of wildlife.

  • Many hikers enjoy exploring the picturesque landscape of the Sussex weald.

Synonyms

woodland
vsweald
27 2.6

Land with many trees and bushes, not a deep forest

includes open or rolling country rather than only tree-covered land
wold
vsweald
  • Archaic
1 9.9

An area of open, gently rolling high land with few trees

includes wooded or hilly country rather than mainly treeless upland

Surface Forms

weald singular
wealds plural

Etymology

The word weald comes from the old English wēald, which meant 'forest' and is like the German Wald and the everyday English word wood. So a weald is an area of open or wooded country or rolling hills covered in trees.