veld

or veldt

[ velt, felt ]

noun

1. the open country, bearing grass, bushes, or shrubs, or thinly forested, characteristic of parts of southern Africa.

veld

/ vɛlt; fɛlt /

noun

1. elevated open grassland in Southern Africa See also bushveld highveld renosterveld Compare pampas prairie steppe

Word History and Origins

Origin of veld¹

1795–1805; < Afrikaans < Dutch: field

Word History and Origins

Origin of veld¹

C19: from Afrikaans, from earlier Dutch veldt field

Example Sentences

The first soldier to charge across this rhetorical veld is followed by hundreds harrumphing their assent.

From The Daily Beast

The bare veld is dotted with these unsightly buildings for a distance of over fifty miles.

From Project Gutenberg

Besides the buildings, the compounds include wide stretches of veld.

From Project Gutenberg

Therefore, my baasjes, Outa cooks bossies from the veld to rub on—buchu and kookamakranka and karroo bossies.

From Project Gutenberg

He crawled out far in the veld and sat in the path where the Old Blue One liked to walk.

From Project Gutenberg

The whole veld was full of them, and they all began eating tortoises wherever they could find them.

From Project Gutenberg