bushland

[boosh-land]

noun

Chiefly Canadian.

1. heavily forested, lightly settled land.

bushland

/ ˈbʊʃˌlænd /

noun

1. uncultivated land (esp in Australia) that is covered with trees, shrubs, or other natural vegetation

Word History and Origins

Origin of bushland¹

First recorded in 1835–45; bush ¹ + land

Example Sentences

From the sand dunes, looking inland, the terrain gradually climbs into dense bushland.

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Mr Freeman, a known conspiracy theorist, escaped into thick bushland bordering the property, with a massive manhunt for him now in its seventh day.

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They were met with gunfire, before their alleged attacker – a "sovereign citizen" with a well-documented hatred of authority – vanished into nearby bushland.

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Freeman was last seen running into dense bushland nearby.

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The Lolldaiga conservancy - about 49,000 acres of hilly bushland with a backdrop of the ice-capped Mount Kenya - is part of the Laikipia plateau, where hundreds of thousands of acres were seized by the British during the colonial era, leading to land disputes which continue to this day.

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