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weald

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1. weald - Noun

2. weald - Adjective

3. Weald - Proper noun

Meaning

A wood or forest; a wooded land or region; also, an open country; -- often used in place names.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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Drovers would divide their year between their 'winter house' in their parent village outside the Weald and their 'summer house' in the outlying woodland pasture up to convert miles away. Source: Internet

Hastings suffers at a disadvantage insofar as growth is concerned because of its restricted situation, lying as it does with the High Weald Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty to the north. Source: Internet

Compare also the Weald from the Saxon/German word Wald meaning 'wood'. Source: Internet

The Wealden iron industry in the Weald was the site of the first blast furnace in Britain in 1491, and produced much of Britain's cast iron until the 1770s. Source: Internet

A less well known but delightful private home to the Barham family for over 100 years, centrepiece of a rural estate situated in the Weald of Kent in a wonderful parkland setting. Source: Internet

Alconbury Weald is set to become the new home for Cambridgeshire County Council’s headquarters. Source: Internet

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