Meaning of downland | Babel Free

Definitions

An area of rolling hills (downs), often grassy pasture over chalk or limestone.

UK

Examples

“Hail! every distant hill, and downland plain! Your dew-hid beauties Fancy oft unveils;”

“[…] I walked on to Canterbury early in the morning. It was now winter again; and the fresh, cold windy day, and the sweeping downland, brightened up my hopes a little.”

“I traversed the downland Whereon the bleak hill-graves of Chieftains Bulge barren of tree;”

“Shortly after leaving Godshill, a lengthy climb begins through rolling downland country at 1 in 75, easing to 1 in 103.”

“The large cement works nearby are served by sidings, and strike a sudden jarring industrial note in the midst of the rural downland scene.”

“I was surprised to see that the plane had been wrecked, not on one of the hefty cliff faces of our mountain, but on a gentle green hillside, merging into downland.”

“He drank another whisky then left the pub and climbed slowly up the downlands, bent as the trees and shrubs were bent.”

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