moorland
[moo r-luh nd, -land]
noun Chiefly British.
an area of moors, especially country abounding in heather.
Origin of moorland
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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, champaignExamples from the Web for moorland
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 PlacesArchibald 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 DreamerNeil Munro
When he was gone the moorland about the cottage lay still and deserted.
In Kings' BywaysStanley J. Weyman
What trees there are in this moorland were not then all blasted.
The Old Front LineJohn Masefield
moorland
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