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moorland, n.|ˈmʊələnd, ˈmɔələnd|
[f. moor n.1 + land n.1]
1. Uncultivated land; in early use chiefly fenland; in mod. use, country consisting of moors; land abounding in heather; a moor.
c950Lindisf. Gosp. Luke i. 65 Ofer alle mor-londa iudæes. c1250Gen. & Ex. 2968 And aaron held up his hond, to ðe water and ðe more lond. c1450Godstow Reg. 288, j half acre in the morelond. 1773Act 13 Geo. III c. 54 §6 Every Proprietor of high and wet Muir Lands. 1851D. Jerrold St. Giles xi. 103 The road opened into a patch of moor-land. 1896‘Q’ (Quiller Couch) Ia 94 They stood in the heart of a moorland.
b. spec. (See quot. 1845.)
1612Drayton Poly-olb. xii. 531 But Muse, thou seem'st to leaue the Morelands too too long. 1845Encycl. Metrop. XXV. 10/1 The Northern part [of Staffordshire] bordering upon Derbyshire, contains a great portion of waste, devoted to feeding sheep, and enclosed with stone walls, denominated the Moorlands.
2. (See quot.)
1753Chambers Cycl. Supp., Moor-land or Moory-land, in agriculture is a black, light and soft earth, very loose, and without any admixture of stones; and with very little clay, or sand. The uppermost stratum of fen-lands is usually of this earth.
3. attrib. passing into adj. Of the nature of or pertaining to moorland; inhabiting moorland.
[1500–20Dunbar Poems xiii. 1 Ane morlandis man of vplandis mak At hame thus to his nychbour spak.] 1612Drayton Poly-olb. xii. 576 Or'e-gone with loue of Hanse, a dapper More-land Lad. 1785Burns To William Simpson 104 While moorlan' herds like guid, fat braxies. 1799J. Robertson Agric. Perth 306 In the moorland parts of the county, the attention of the farmer is mostly confined to his cattle. 1810Scott Lady of L. i. xxxiii, But vainly did the heath-flower sped Its moor-land fragrance round his head. 1902R. W. Chambers Maids of Paradise x, The moorland wind rose and tossed her elf-locks in her eyes. |