moorland

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Etymology

From Middle English morelond, equivalent to moor +‎ land. Compare Old Norse mýrlendi (“moorland”).

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moorland (countable and uncountable, plural moorlands)

  1. Open land that has an acidic peaty soil and is mostly covered with heather or bracken.
    • 1955 September, H. A. Vallance, “The Border Counties Line”, in Railway Magazine, page 593:
      The completely-industrialised outskirts of Newcastle gradually give place to rural surroundings, and the Tyne becomes a moorland river with a boulder-strewn bed.
    • 1961 October, 'Voyageur', “The Cockermouth, Keswick & Penrith Railway”, in Trains Illustrated, page 601:
      Troutbeck station, 10 miles from Keswick, in the heart of wild moorland, is the most isolated on the line.

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