weald
noun
wooded or uncultivated country.
weald
1 American
[weeld]
/ wild /
noun
Weald
2
American
[weeld]
/ wild /
noun
Weald
1
British
/ wiːld /
noun
weald
2
British
/ wiːld /
noun
Etymology
Origin of weald
before 1150; Middle English weeld, Old English weald forest; cognate with German Wald; cf. wold 1
Example Sentences
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The herald of the right and might of empire lies silent amid the weald and the marsh and the down country of Sussex.
From Time Magazine Archive
Amid the "weald" of Sussex, Mr. Kipling remained alive, did not sing.
From Time Magazine Archive
They are probably of all dates from prehistoric antiquity to the reign of the Tudors, after which the iron smelting of the weald came to an end.
From The Broom-Squire by S. (Sabine) Baring-Gould
For soul and sense had waxed amort To wold and weald, to slade and stream; And all he heard was her soft word As one adream.
From Myth and Romance Being a Book of Verses by Madison Julius Cawein
Within eighteen or twenty minutes they were a good four miles from Nuthill and nearing the gap in the high ridge through which one looked out over the Sussex weald from Desdemona's cave.
From Jan A Dog and a Romance by Norman Rockwell
While film producers were keen to feature it, they first needed the train moved from North Weald, Essex, to the Warner Bros Studios in Leavesden, Hertfordshire.
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026
The constituency of Maidstone and the Weald became Maidstone and Malling in 2024.
From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026
Epping Road, which connects Chipping Ongar with North Weald Bassett, was closed after the incident.
From BBC ● Jul. 12, 2026
Palmer served half his sentence, and in 2009, he moved in with partner Christina Ketley and their son at South Weald.
From BBC ● Jun. 22, 2025
Ay, upon landing the stuff safely," answered the old woman, with a grin, "but not upon getting it clear up into the Weald.
From The Smuggler: (Vol's I-III) A Tale by G. P. R. (George Payne Rainsford) James
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