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Pronunciation: [wˈə͡ʊld] (IPA)

Wold is a term that refers to an area of high, open land, often covered with grass or heather. In terms of synonyms, there are a few different options to choose from. One option is the word moor, which refers specifically to a type of upland habitat. Another option is the word upland, which refers more broadly to any highland area. Some people may also use the word plateau as a synonym for wold, although this term typically refers to a flat-topped mountain or landform. Overall, there are several different words that can be used to describe this type of landscape, depending on the specific context or region being referenced.
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Usage examples for Wold

And he being with me at souper, about viij a clok, the horses of his company brak lowse, and sodenly ran out of his feld, in such nombre, that it caused a marvellous alarome in our feld; and our standing watche being set, the horses cam ronnyng along the campe, at whome were shot above one hundred shief of arrowes, and dyvers gonnys, thinking they had been Scotts, that wold have saulted the campe; fynally the horses were soo madde, that they ran like wild dere into the feld; above xv c.
"Minstrelsy of the Scottish border (3rd ed) (1 of 3)"
Walter Scott
The maple reeks with a toothsome sap That flavors the brown buckwheat, And the oak drops down into earth's green lap, Her fruit for the swine to eat; But the Lambert tree has a grander scope In its home on the distant wold, For the sap of the Lambert tree is soap, And its beautiful fruit is gold.
"Eugene Field, A Study In Heredity And Contradictions"
Slason Thompson
Over the wold came a harsh call, and again till he answered and stayed.
"The Unknown Sea"
Clemence Housman

Famous quotes with Wold

  • What a born melancholiac I am! The only way I keep afloat is by working. Directly I stop working I feel that I am sinking down, down. And as usual, I feel that if I sink further I shall reach the truth. That is the only mitigation; a kind of nobility. Solemnity. Work, reading, writing, are all disguising; and relations with other people. Yes, even having children wold be useless.
    Virginia Woolf
  • White is the wold, and ghostly The dank and leafless trees; And 'M's and 'N's are mostly Pronounced like 'B's and 'D's: 'Neath bleak sheds, ice-encrusted, The sheep stands, mute and stolid: And ducks find out, disgusted, That all the ponds are solid.
    Charles Stuart Calverley
  • On either side the river lie Long fields of barley and of rye, That clothe the wold and meet the sky; And through the field the road runs by To many-towered Camelot.
    Alfred

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