moorland

[moo r-luh nd, -land]

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noun Chiefly British.

an area of moors, especially country abounding in heather.

Origin of moorland

before 950; Middle English more lond, Old English mōrlond. See moor¹, -land

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Related Words for moorland

meadow, expanse, field, prairie, steppe, grassland, plateau, territory, terrain, range, green, pasture, ground, garden, farmland, flat, level, tundra, moor, champaign

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Historical Examples of moorland

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.
Brighter Britain! (Volume 1 of 2)
William Delisle Hay
No sign of its habitual rain and wind hung over the moorland.
Gilian The Dreamer
Neil Munro
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

British an area of moor

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Word Origin and History for moorland

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