01 n. A wood or forest; a wooded land or region; also, an open country; -- often used in place names.
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A wood or forest; a wooded land or region; also, an open country; -- often used in place names.“Fled all night long by glimmering waste and weald, And heard the spirits of the waste and weald Moan as she fled.” — Tennyson.
Phrases & compounds
Weald clay —
the uppermost member of the Wealden strata. See Wealden.