weald
wooded or uncultivated country.
Origin of weald
1Words that may be confused with weald
- weald , wield
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Other definitions for Weald (2 of 2)
The, a region in SE England, in Kent, Surrey, and Essex counties: once a forest area; now an agricultural region.
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How to use weald in a sentence
He was born, he says, in the weald of Kent; and suffered much from his parents poverty, when young.
The Book of Curiosities | I. PlattsIn the parish church of Cranbrook, in the weald of Kent, is a curious bath for immersion, of which the following is the history.
Curious Church Customs | VariousThe sun had burst through the gauzy mists which veiled it, and the whole broad weald was washed in golden light.
The Poison Belt | Arthur Conan DoyleAs you pass along you command a noble view of the wild, or weald, on one hand, and the broad downs and sea on the other.
The Natural History of Selborne, Vol. 2 | Gilbert WhiteWe live at a very quiet little country village in the weald of Surrey.
Babylon, Volume 2 (of 3) | Grant Allen
British Dictionary definitions for weald (1 of 2)
/ (wiːld) /
British archaic open or forested country
Origin of weald
1British Dictionary definitions for Weald (2 of 2)
/ (wiːld) /
the Weald 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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