Veld

Quick meaning: Veld is a noun meaning (chiefly South Africa) The open grassland or pastureland of South Africa and neighbouring countries.

Meaning

(chiefly South Africa) The open grassland or pastureland of South Africa and neighbouring countries.

Example Sentences

[W]e found vast numbers of Boer women and children would be left unprotected on the veldt.

Advance tovvards the Cond Bokke Veld, or cold country of Antelopes: mountains covered with ſnovv.

In the Bokke-velds, as they are called, theſe animals [springbok] are found in great numbers, and ſometimes at Roode-Zand.

Viewed from a practical point of view there seems no reason to think that these animals will fail to withstand the conditions of the Natal veld.

Word Forms

• velds
• veldt

Synonyms for veld

Depending on context, synonyms include veldt.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include veldt, countryside, ground, field, grassland, pitch.

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