Definitions
open land usually with peaty soil covered with heather and bracken and moss
Word origin
From Middle English morelond, equivalent to moor + land. Compare Old Norse mýrlendi (“moorland”).
Used in a sentence
“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.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Heath”8 letters
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