Open country, esp. as opposed to woodland; a stretch of open land; a plain. In singular. Now rare or merged in sense 2.
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释义 | the world > the earth > land > landscape > level land > [noun] > level place or plain (54) fieldeOE Open country, esp. as opposed to woodland; a stretch of open land; a plain. In singular. Now rare or merged in sense 2. wong971 A plain, field; a piece of meadow land; spec. a portion of unenclosed land under the open-field system: now surviving locally in the proper… field landOE A level plain. Obsolete. woldc1220 A piece of open country; a plain; in early use (with the) sometimes = ‘the plain’, the ground, the earth; in later use chiefly, an elevated tract of… flat1296 A piece of level ground; a level expanse; a stretch of country without hills, a plain; the low ground through which a river flows. plainc1325 A broad tract of land which is comparatively flat; an expanse of level ground; (occasionally) terrain of this kind. field placec1384 a place in the fields, a level open place; cf. fieldy, adj. champaign?a1400 An expanse of level, open country, a plain; a level field; a clearing. floor?a1400 A naturally level space or extended surface. Also = the ground (obsolete exc. dialect). smeethc1440 A level space. East Anglian dialect. plain-land1487 weald1544 A wooded district or an open country; a wold. Now only poetic. champian1589 An expanse of level open country; a plain unbroken by hills, woods, etc.; = champaign, n. 1. camp1605 Plain, level surface, field. watery camp (cæruleus campus, campus latus aquarum): the surface of the sea. Obsolete. level1623 A level tract of land; a stretch of country approximately horizontal and unbroken by elevations: applied spec. (as a proper name) to certain large… campaign1628 A tract of open country; a plain; = champaign, n. adj. Obsolete. planure1632 A flat or level region, a plain. campania1663 ‘A large open level tract of ground without hills’ (Johnson); plain; = champaign, n. adj. esplanade1681 transferred. A level open space. flatland1735 A region of flat land. Originally U.S. vlakte1785 An extent of flat open country; a plain. Frequently plural. steppe1837 transferred. An extensive plain, usually treeless. Subcategories:— types of (11) — peneplain (2) — in specific country (19) |
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