bushland

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1n.

forested wilderness, especially the extensive sub-arctic forest of Canada; the largely unsettled hinterland.

See: bush ((n.))(def. 1)

1853

Now old Jim Delany had . . . a barn full of wheat and stacks of hay, the produce of a good lot of bush land.

1947

As the rushing snow invaded the swamps and bushlands, all work stopped there. . . .

1953

During the past fifty years most of them have been camping in sordid poverty in the northern bushland. . . .

1965

The uncanny stare suggested . . . that maybe this bushland beatnik had stripped his mental gears.

2n.

thinly wooded areas of poplar, birch, and shrubs adjacent to the plains.

See: bush ((n.))(def. 3)

1963

From there it [a fire] took off through the dry grass and headed for the adjoining bushland.