noun
downland
Downland (noun) means a stretch of gently rolling hills, usually grass-covered land sitting on chalk or limestone.
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A stretch of gently rolling hills, usually grass-covered land sitting on chalk or limestone.
"I was surprised to see that the plane had been wrecked, not on one of the hefty cliff faces of our mountain, but on a gentle green hillside, merging into downland."
— Muriel Spark (1958)
"The large cement works nearby are served by sidings, and strike a sudden jarring industrial note in the midst of the rural downland scene."
— H. A. Vallance, To Brighton through the Shoreham Gap (1953)
"He drank another whisky then left the pub and climbed slowly up the downlands, bent as the trees and shrubs were bent."
— Howard Jacobson (2010)
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Etymology
From Old English dūnland, equivalent to down + land.
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What is the meaning of downland?
"downland" (noun) means a stretch of gently rolling hills, usually grass-covered land sitting on chalk or limestone.
