moorland

Etymology

From Middle English morelond, equivalent to moor + land. Compare Old Norse mýrlendi (“moorland”).

noun

  1. Open land that has an acidic peaty soil and is mostly covered with heather or bracken.
    Troutbeck station, 10 miles from Keswick, in the heart of wild moorland, is the most isolated on the line. 1961 October, ""Voyageur"", “The Cockermouth, Keswick & Penrith Railway”, in Trains Illustrated, page 601

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