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sweet-veld
Also † -feldt, † -field.
[ad. Cape Du. zoetveld, lit. sweet field.]
In South Africa, an area of land providing good nutritious grazing; also, the vegetation of an area of this kind.
1785G. Forster tr. Sparrman's Voy. Cape G. Hope (1786) I. 250 By the Sweet-fields (Zoete-velden) are meant such places as do not correspond to the descriptions given above of the Zuure and Carrow veld. 1850R. G. Cumming Hunter's Life S. Afr. (1902) 10/2 Those from about the frontiers of the colony, or anywhere beyond the Orange River, are termed ‘Sweet-feldt’ oxen. 1852M. B. Hudson S. Afr. Frontier Life I. 137 The sheep from the sweet veld fall sick on karroo. [1876: see veldt 1.] 1896R. Wallace Farming Industries Cape Colony 82 Animals brought from sweet veld suffer from what is termed veld sickness. 1905Sci. S. Afr. 383–4 (Pettman) Wherever it [sc. lime] does occur marked fertility and sweet-veld results. 1937Handbk. Farmers S. Afr. 381 The types of grass found in the sweet veld maintain their feed value after maturity. 1948H. V. Morton In Search of S. Afr. 86 There is sweet veld and sour veld, high veld and low veld. 1972Even. Post (Port Elizabeth) 19 Feb. (Weekend Mag.) 2 Somerset East was, with its wonderful water supply and sweet veld, a choice place for men and beasts to rest. |