heathland

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

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noun a tract of level wasteland; uncultivated land with sandy soil and scrubby vegetation

From heath + land. Compare Saterland Frisian Heedelound (“heathland”).

As we journey to Silkeborg we pass through the vast heathland, "Alhede," and are impressed by the plodding perseverance of the heath-folk. — Denmark, M. Pearson Thomson
She could imagine the wild beauty of the Surrey heathland, she could see the white square rectory with its sloping walled garden, the juniper common just outside the straggling village; she could even picture the strange squire, solitary in the great Tudor Hall, the author of terrible books against the religion of Christ of which she shrank from hearing, and share the anxieties of the young rector as to his future relations towards a personality so marked, and so important to every soul in the little community he was called to rule. — Robert Elsmere, Humphry, Mrs. Ward

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