moorland

name

1. A locality in the MidCoast council area, eastern New South Wales, Australia.

noun

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

1. Open land that has an acidic peaty soil and is mostly covered with heather or bracken.

   “The completely-industrialised outskirts of Newcastle gradually give place to rural surroundings, and the Tyne becomes a moorland river with a boulder-strewn bed.”

   “Troutbeck station, 10 miles from Keswick, in the heart of wild moorland, is the most isolated on the line.”