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weald

1 American  
[weeld] / wild /

noun

  1. wooded or uncultivated country.

Weald 2 American  
[weeld] / wild /

noun

  1. The, a region in SE England, in Kent, Surrey, and Essex counties: once a forest area; now an agricultural region.

Weald 1 British  
/ wiːld /

noun

  1. a region of SE England, in Kent, Surrey, and East and West Sussex between the North Downs and the South Downs: formerly forested

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weald 2 British  
/ wiːld /

noun

  1. archaic open or forested country

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Etymology

Origin of weald

before 1150; Middle English weeld, Old English weald forest; cognate with German Wald; wold 1

Example Sentences

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The herald of the right and might of empire lies silent amid the weald and the marsh and the down country of Sussex.

From Time Magazine Archive

Amid the "weald" of Sussex, Mr. Kipling remained alive, did not sing.

From Time Magazine Archive

They are probably of all dates from prehistoric antiquity to the reign of the Tudors, after which the iron smelting of the weald came to an end.

From The Broom-Squire by Baring-Gould, S. (Sabine)

The forest of Anderida which covered the weald supplied at once the ore and the fuel for smelting.

From The Broom-Squire by Baring-Gould, S. (Sabine)

And Childric soon approached, over the weald, and would flee to the ships, and push from land.

From Brut by Mason, Eugene

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