moorlandn.adj.

Brit.

/ˈmʊələnd/,

/ˈmɔːlənd/, U.S.

/ˈmʊrˌlænd/,

/ˈmʊrlən(d)/

Forms: see moor n.¹ and land n.¹

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: moor n.¹, land n.¹

Etymology: < moor n.¹ + land n.¹ Compare Middle Dutch moerlant fenland.Attested in place names and surnames from the late 12th cent.: compare Morlandes (1179; Westmorland); and Edith de la Morland (1257), Will. del Mourland (1338).

Chiefly British.

A. n.

a. Country consisting of moors, heathland; a moor, a heath. In early use: any open, uncultivated land, esp. marshland, fenland (now rare).

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > land > landscape > wild or uncultivated land > [noun] > moor or heath

mooreOE

moorlandeOE

heathOE

fella1400

burgh-moorc1600

rosland1704

heath-land1819

wallum1965

eOE tr. Bede Eccl. Hist. (Tanner) v. ix. 410 Wæs se Columba se æresta laruw ðæs cristinan geleafan in þæm morlondum, ða ðe siondan to norðdæle Peohta rices.

OE (Northumbrian) Lindisf. Gospels: Luke i. 65 Super omnia montana iudaeae : ofer alle morlonda [OE West Saxon Gospels: Corpus Cambr. muntland] iudæes.

a1325 (c1250) Gen. & Exod. (1968) l. 2968 Aaron held up his hond To ðe water and ðe more-lond.

1407 in W. Brown Yorks. Deeds (1909) 33 (MED) [One acre of] moreland.

a1475 in A. Clark Eng. Reg. Godstow Nunnery (1905) i. 288 j half acre in the morelond.

1540 in D. H. Fleming Registrum Secreti Sigilli Regum Scotorum (1921) II. 545/2 Ane hundreth and forty akeris of murland.

1613 in R. Renwick Extracts Rec. Royal Burgh of Lanark (1893) 120 All burgessis and frieman..[to] resave thair daillis of the muir landis.

1675 in G. S. Pryde Court Bk. Kirkintilloch (1963) 67 All the heretors..to be present at the..day for metting of their muirelands.

1733 J. Swift On Poetry 12 Like a Bridge that joins a Marish To Moorlands of a diff'rent Parish.

1773 Act 13 Geo. III c. 54 §6 Every Proprietor of high and wet Muir Lands.

1851 D. Jerrold St. Giles & St. James (new ed.) xi, in Writings I. 103 The road opened into a patch of moor-land.

1878 T. Hardy Return of Native II. iii. v. 162 They reached the nether margin of the heath, where it became marshy, and merged in moorland.

1896 ‘Q’ Ia 94 They stood in the heart of a moorland.

1917 J. Masefield Lollingdon Downs 31 Night is on the downland, on the lonely moorland, On the hills where the wind goes over sheep-bitten turf.

1935 Encycl. Sports, Games & Pastimes 539/2 Scramble, form of motor~cycle trial in which the competitors..traverse a course marked out over moorland or heath.

1989 Scots Mag. Mar. 681 (advt.) Ideal for bird watching, hill climbing or walking over lovely moorlands.

b. the Moorlands: an area of northern Staffordshire, England, consisting mainly of heathland.

ΚΠ

1612 M. Drayton Poly-olbion xii. 207 But Muse, thou seem'st to leaue the Morelands too too long.

1845 Encycl. 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.

1974 D. Wilson Staffs. Dial. Words 53 Rindle, a rivulet... Moorlands.

2000 Sentinel (Stoke-on-Trent) (Electronic ed.) 16 Sept. Stoke-on-Trent benefits greatly from the Staffordshire Moorlands. Most of our city's roads will have been constructed from materials produced in the Moorlands.

†2. A kind of soft, dark, peaty soil found in fenland. Cf. moory adj.¹ 1a. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > earth or soil > kind of earth or soil > [noun] > other soils

white earth1448

Chiltern?1530

light land1589

deads1653

rosil1691

moorland1753

prairie soil1817

residuum1828

rendzina1905

podzol1908

solonetz1924

solod1925

solonchak1925

pedalfer1928

pedocal1928

skeletal soil1932

peloid1933

sierozem1934

planosol1938

lithosol1939

regosol1949

andosol1958

Alfisol1960

Aridisol1960

Histosol1960

Spodosol1960

Andisol1978

1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. 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.

B. adj.

Of the nature of or relating to moorland; living on or belonging to moorland.

ΘΚΠ

society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabiting a type of place > [adjective] > inhabiting moor or heath

moorland1568

moorish1612

the world > the earth > land > landscape > wild or uncultivated land > [adjective] > moor or heath

moorish1548

moorland1568

fellish1570

moory1794

1568 D. Lindsay Suplication Syde Taillis in Wks. (1931) I. 120 Ane mureland Meg that mylkis the ȝowis.

1612 M. Drayton Poly-olbion xii. 208 Or'e-gone with loue of Hanse, a dapper More-land Lad.

1685 Acts Parl. Scotl. (1820) VIII. 495/1 If the rowm be ane mureland rowm.

1724 A. Ramsay Tea-table Misc. (1876) I. 7 Harken, and I will tell you how Young muirland Willie came to woo.

1786 R. Burns Poems 213 While moorlan herds like guid, fat braxies.

1810 W. Scott Lady of Lake i. 40 But vainly did the heath-flower sped Its moorland fragrance round his head.

1893 J. Watson Confessions Poacher 122 Grouse stalking is fascinating sport, done from behind an old moorland horse.

1923 G. Rae Lowland Hills 23 The wund ower the muirlan' places Blaws saft an' sweet.

1987 Cornwall Rev. July 2/3 Pony trekking..is an ideal way of enjoying the Cornish scenery, both coastal and moorland.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	moorland
释义	moorlandn.adj. Brit. /ˈmʊələnd/, /ˈmɔːlənd/, U.S. /ˈmʊrˌlænd/, /ˈmʊrlən(d)/ Forms: see moor n.¹ and land n.¹ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: moor n.¹, land n.¹ Etymology: < moor n.¹ + land n.¹ Compare Middle Dutch moerlant fenland.Attested in place names and surnames from the late 12th cent.: compare Morlandes (1179; Westmorland); and Edith de la Morland (1257), Will. del Mourland (1338). Chiefly British. A. n. 1. a. Country consisting of moors, heathland; a moor, a heath. In early use: any open, uncultivated land, esp. marshland, fenland (now rare). ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > land > landscape > wild or uncultivated land > [noun] > moor or heath mooreOE moorlandeOE heathOE fella1400 burgh-moorc1600 rosland1704 heath-land1819 wallum1965 eOE tr. Bede Eccl. Hist. (Tanner) v. ix. 410 Wæs se Columba se æresta laruw ðæs cristinan geleafan in þæm morlondum, ða ðe siondan to norðdæle Peohta rices. OE (Northumbrian) Lindisf. Gospels: Luke i. 65 Super omnia montana iudaeae : ofer alle morlonda [OE West Saxon Gospels: Corpus Cambr. muntland] iudæes. a1325 (c1250) Gen. & Exod. (1968) l. 2968 Aaron held up his hond To ðe water and ðe more-lond. 1407 in W. Brown Yorks. Deeds (1909) 33 (MED) [One acre of] moreland. a1475 in A. Clark Eng. Reg. Godstow Nunnery (1905) i. 288 j half acre in the morelond. 1540 in D. H. Fleming Registrum Secreti Sigilli Regum Scotorum (1921) II. 545/2 Ane hundreth and forty akeris of murland. 1613 in R. Renwick Extracts Rec. Royal Burgh of Lanark (1893) 120 All burgessis and frieman..[to] resave thair daillis of the muir landis. 1675 in G. S. Pryde Court Bk. Kirkintilloch (1963) 67 All the heretors..to be present at the..day for metting of their muirelands. 1733 J. Swift On Poetry 12 Like a Bridge that joins a Marish To Moorlands of a diff'rent Parish. 1773 Act 13 Geo. III c. 54 §6 Every Proprietor of high and wet Muir Lands. 1851 D. Jerrold St. Giles & St. James (new ed.) xi, in Writings I. 103 The road opened into a patch of moor-land. 1878 T. Hardy Return of Native II. iii. v. 162 They reached the nether margin of the heath, where it became marshy, and merged in moorland. 1896 ‘Q’ Ia 94 They stood in the heart of a moorland. 1917 J. Masefield Lollingdon Downs 31 Night is on the downland, on the lonely moorland, On the hills where the wind goes over sheep-bitten turf. 1935 Encycl. Sports, Games & Pastimes 539/2 Scramble, form of motor~cycle trial in which the competitors..traverse a course marked out over moorland or heath. 1989 Scots Mag. Mar. 681 (advt.) Ideal for bird watching, hill climbing or walking over lovely moorlands. b. the Moorlands: an area of northern Staffordshire, England, consisting mainly of heathland. ΚΠ 1612 M. Drayton Poly-olbion xii. 207 But Muse, thou seem'st to leaue the Morelands too too long. 1845 Encycl. 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. 1974 D. Wilson Staffs. Dial. Words 53 Rindle, a rivulet... Moorlands. 2000 Sentinel (Stoke-on-Trent) (Electronic ed.) 16 Sept. Stoke-on-Trent benefits greatly from the Staffordshire Moorlands. Most of our city's roads will have been constructed from materials produced in the Moorlands. †2. A kind of soft, dark, peaty soil found in fenland. Cf. moory adj.¹ 1a. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > earth or soil > kind of earth or soil > [noun] > other soils white earth1448 Chiltern?1530 light land1589 deads1653 rosil1691 moorland1753 prairie soil1817 residuum1828 rendzina1905 podzol1908 solonetz1924 solod1925 solonchak1925 pedalfer1928 pedocal1928 skeletal soil1932 peloid1933 sierozem1934 planosol1938 lithosol1939 regosol1949 andosol1958 Alfisol1960 Aridisol1960 Histosol1960 Spodosol1960 Andisol1978 1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. 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. B. adj. Of the nature of or relating to moorland; living on or belonging to moorland. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabiting a type of place > [adjective] > inhabiting moor or heath moorland1568 moorish1612 the world > the earth > land > landscape > wild or uncultivated land > [adjective] > moor or heath moorish1548 moorland1568 fellish1570 moory1794 1568 D. Lindsay Suplication Syde Taillis in Wks. (1931) I. 120 Ane mureland Meg that mylkis the ȝowis. 1612 M. Drayton Poly-olbion xii. 208 Or'e-gone with loue of Hanse, a dapper More-land Lad. 1685 Acts Parl. Scotl. (1820) VIII. 495/1 If the rowm be ane mureland rowm. 1724 A. Ramsay Tea-table Misc. (1876) I. 7 Harken, and I will tell you how Young muirland Willie came to woo. 1786 R. Burns Poems 213 While moorlan herds like guid, fat braxies. 1810 W. Scott Lady of Lake i. 40 But vainly did the heath-flower sped Its moorland fragrance round his head. 1893 J. Watson Confessions Poacher 122 Grouse stalking is fascinating sport, done from behind an old moorland horse. 1923 G. Rae Lowland Hills 23 The wund ower the muirlan' places Blaws saft an' sweet. 1987 Cornwall Rev. July 2/3 Pony trekking..is an ideal way of enjoying the Cornish scenery, both coastal and moorland. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.eOE
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