veld

or veldt

[ velt, felt ]

noun
  1. the open country, bearing grass, bushes, or shrubs, or thinly forested, characteristic of parts of southern Africa.

Origin of veld

1
1795–1805; <Afrikaans <Dutch: field

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How to use veld in a sentence

  • And we learn to love the great mountains and rich forests and unfenced steppes and veldts and prairies.

    The Heart of Nature | Francis Younghusband
  • The broad veldts over which Kruger's armies marched will be shown just as they are, with here and there a burgher's cottage.

  • In 1881 they campaigned across the veldts against the Boers.

    Our National Defense: | George Hebard Maxwell
  • In England there is an illimitable number of illimitable veldts.

    A Miscellany of Men | G. K. Chesterton

British Dictionary definitions for veld

veld

veldt

/ (fɛlt, vɛlt) /


noun
  1. elevated open grassland in Southern Africa: See also bushveld, highveld, renosterveld Compare pampas, prairie, steppe

Origin of veld

1
C19: from Afrikaans, from earlier Dutch veldt field

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