laund

Definition

A grassy plain or pasture, especially surrounded by woodland; a glade.

Etymology

From Middle English launde, from Old French launde (“wooded area”) (French lande), of Germanic or Gaulish origin, from Proto-Germanic *landą (“land”) or Proto-Celtic *landā, both from Proto-Indo-European *lendʰ- (“land, heath”). Doublet of land.

Example Sentences

• "Through this laund anon the deer will come."
• "About them lay long launds of green grass dappled with celandine and anemones,"
• "Odon was known to be resting, after completing his motion picture, at the villa of an old American friend, Joseph S. Lavender (the name hails from the laundry, not from the laund)."