downland
noun/ˈdaʊn.lænd/UK/ˈdaʊnˌlænd/US
Etymology
From Old English dūnland, equivalent to down + land.
- inherited from dūnland
Definitions
An area of rolling hills (downs), often grassy pasture over chalk or limestone.
- Hail! every distant hill, and downland plain! Your dew-hid beauties Fancy oft unveils;
- […] I walked on to Canterbury early in the morning. It was now winter again; and the fresh, cold windy day, and the sweeping downland, brightened up my hopes a little.
- I traversed the downland Whereon the bleak hill-graves of Chieftains Bulge barren of tree;
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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA