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moorland

[moo r-luh nd, -land]
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noun Chiefly British.
  1. an area of moors, especially country abounding in heather.
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Origin of moorland

before 950; Middle English more lond, Old English mōrlond. See moor1, -land
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Examples from the Web for moorland

Historical Examples

  • He has at least 30,000 sheep on his vast tracks of moorland on the braes of Lochaber.

    Camps, Quarters and Casual Places

    Archibald Forbes

  • These appear to have been shot down into the middle of a moorland wilderness.

  • No sign of its habitual rain and wind hung over the moorland.

  • When he was gone the moorland about the cottage lay still and deserted.

    In Kings' Byways

    Stanley J. Weyman

  • What trees there are in this moorland were not then all blasted.

    The Old Front Line

    John Masefield

British Dictionary definitions for moorland

moorland

noun
  1. British an area of moor
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Word Origin and History for moorland

n.

Old English morlond; see moor (n.) + land (n.).

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