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weald (wēld)

noun

  1. a wooded area; forest
  2. wild open country

Etymology: readoption of OE (WS) weald (ME weeld), forest, wold, wilderness < PGmc *walthu: see vole

weald Idioms

The Weald

region in SE England, south of London, between the North & South Downs: formerly heavily forested

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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