sweet-veldn.

Brit.

/ˈswiːtvɛlt/, U.S.

/ˈswitˌvɛlt/

Forms: Also †sweet-feldt, †sweet-field.

Etymology: < Cape Dutch zoetveld, lit. sweet field.

In South Africa, an area of land providing good nutritious grazing; also, the vegetation of an area of this kind.

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the world > food and drink > farming > farm > farmland > land raising crops > [noun]

seed landa1634

sweet-veld1785

cultivation paddock1837

cultivation1899

the world > food and drink > farming > farm > farmland > grassland > [noun] > pasture

leasowc950

leasea1000

pasturea1300

common pasturea1325

grassland1324

laund1340

lea1357

gang1413

feedingc1430

grassa1500

raika1500

beast-gate1507

pasturagec1515

grazing1517

average1537

pasture groundc1537

walk1549

grassing1557

pastural1575

browsing1577

feed1580

pastureland1591

meadow pasture1614

green side1616

range1626

pastorage1628

tore1707

graziery1731

pasturing1759

permanent pasture1771

sweet-veld1785

walk land1797

run1804

sweet-grass1812

potrero1822

pasturage land1855

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lawn1899

the world > the earth > land > landscape > fertile land or place > land with vegetation > [noun] > grassland > types of

links1487

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machair1692

scurf1708

sweet-veld1785

stone-turf1797

sour veld1801

undergrass1838

bent-land1883

undersward1883

turf-line1935

1785 G. Forster tr. A. Sparrman Voy. Cape Good 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.

1850 R. Gordon-Cumming Five Years Hunter's Life S. Afr. I. ii. 40 Those from about the frontiers of the colony, or anywhere beyond the Orange River, are termed ‘Sweet-feldt’ oxen.

1852 M. B. Hudson S. Afr. Frontier Life I. 137 The sheep from the sweet veld fall sick on karroo.

1876 Encycl. Brit. V. 42/1 The pastoral lands or velds..are distinguished according to the nature of the grass or sedge which they produce as ‘sweet’ or ‘sour’.]

1896 R. Wallace Farming Industries Cape Colony 82 Animals brought from sweet veld suffer from what is termed veld sickness.

1905 Sci. S. Afr. 383–4 Wherever it [sc. lime] does occur marked fertility and sweet-veld results.

1937 Handbk. Farmers S. Afr. (S. Afr. Dept. Agric.) (new ed.) 381 The types of grass found in the sweet veld maintain their feed value after maturity.

1948 H. V. Morton In Search of S. Afr. 86 There is sweet veld and sour veld, high veld and low veld.

1972 Evening 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.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	sweet-veld
释义	sweet-veldn. Brit. /ˈswiːtvɛlt/, U.S. /ˈswitˌvɛlt/ Forms: Also †sweet-feldt, †sweet-field. Etymology: < Cape Dutch zoetveld, lit. sweet field. In South Africa, an area of land providing good nutritious grazing; also, the vegetation of an area of this kind. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > farm > farmland > land raising crops > [noun] seed landa1634 sweet-veld1785 cultivation paddock1837 cultivation1899 the world > food and drink > farming > farm > farmland > grassland > [noun] > pasture leasowc950 leasea1000 pasturea1300 common pasturea1325 grassland1324 laund1340 lea1357 gang1413 feedingc1430 grassa1500 raika1500 beast-gate1507 pasturagec1515 grazing1517 average1537 pasture groundc1537 walk1549 grassing1557 pastural1575 browsing1577 feed1580 pastureland1591 meadow pasture1614 green side1616 range1626 pastorage1628 tore1707 graziery1731 pasturing1759 permanent pasture1771 sweet-veld1785 walk land1797 run1804 sweet-grass1812 potrero1822 pasturage land1855 turn-out1895 lawn1899 the world > the earth > land > landscape > fertile land or place > land with vegetation > [noun] > grassland > types of links1487 sward1513 machair1692 scurf1708 sweet-veld1785 stone-turf1797 sour veld1801 undergrass1838 bent-land1883 undersward1883 turf-line1935 1785 G. Forster tr. A. Sparrman Voy. Cape Good 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. 1850 R. Gordon-Cumming Five Years Hunter's Life S. Afr. I. ii. 40 Those from about the frontiers of the colony, or anywhere beyond the Orange River, are termed ‘Sweet-feldt’ oxen. 1852 M. B. Hudson S. Afr. Frontier Life I. 137 The sheep from the sweet veld fall sick on karroo. 1876 Encycl. Brit. V. 42/1 The pastoral lands or velds..are distinguished according to the nature of the grass or sedge which they produce as ‘sweet’ or ‘sour’.] 1896 R. Wallace Farming Industries Cape Colony 82 Animals brought from sweet veld suffer from what is termed veld sickness. 1905 Sci. S. Afr. 383–4 Wherever it [sc. lime] does occur marked fertility and sweet-veld results. 1937 Handbk. Farmers S. Afr. (S. Afr. Dept. Agric.) (new ed.) 381 The types of grass found in the sweet veld maintain their feed value after maturity. 1948 H. V. Morton In Search of S. Afr. 86 There is sweet veld and sour veld, high veld and low veld. 1972 Evening 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. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1785
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