land that is covered with trees and shrubs

Land covered with wood or trees; forest; land on which trees are suffered to grow, either for fuel or timber.

Of or pertaining to woods or woodland; living in the forest; sylvan.

Land covered with trees.

Land covered with wood.

Land occupied by woods or forests.

Pertaining to woods.

Land covered with wood; a soil which, from its humidity and colour, resembles the soil in woods.

Land on which trees are allowed to grow.

Relating to woods.

But what I most loved was the only son of my uncle and aunt Waldstromer, for whose dog I kept my cake letters; for though Cousin Gotz was older than I by eleven years, he nevertheless did not scorn me, but whenever I asked him to show me this or that, or teach me some light woodland craft, he would leave his elders to please me. – The Complete Historical Romances of Georg Ebers by Georg Ebers

Agriculture and its various activities surround the child; nature teems with life, both animal and vegetable; the country furnishes long stretches of meadow and woodland for observation and study. – Rural Life and the Rural School by Joseph Kennedy

I enjoyed the pleasant ride through the city and its woodland outskirts. – Autobiography of a YOGI by Paramhansa Yogananda

With rapid steps she ascended the rocks, and ran up the hill with her utmost speed and then descended into a broad, thick woodland, where for a time she forgot her haste, listening to the music of the birds and gathering wild flowers that were growing all about her. – Lily Pearl and The Mistress of Rosedale by Ida Glenwood

The ground occupied by the enemy's skirmishers was a rocky bit of woodland which furnished abundant cover for sharpshooters. – A Narrative of Service with the Third Wisconsin Infantry by Julian Wisner Hinkley

The lake lay calm and clear in its woodland setting. – Dawn by Mrs. Harriet A. Adams

For a moment her feminine curiosity was excited by the discovery of an old book, in whose blank leaves were pressed a variety of flowers and woodland grasses. – In the Carquinez Woods by Bret Harte

Above him the gentle morning breeze sighed in the rustling tree- tops of a great crowning woodland. – The Son of his Father by Ridgwell Cullum

They traveled on horseback over the woodland trails, for there were as yet no roads. – George Washington by Calista McCabe Courtenay

Leaving the cemetery and following the wide stretch of road which winds in and out, with stone walls on either side, we drive through the heart of a woodland in the direction of the house. – Historic Homes by Mary H. Northend

The three skins of the woodland caribou had made only a pair of jackets, instead of full hunting- shirts, and even these were pinched fits. – Popular Adventure Tales by Mayne Reid

Of other woodland neighbours there were some which we saw occasionally. – Queer-Little-Folks by Stowe, Harriet Beecher

It was, in fact, a wild forest country of clay containing much woodland, everywhere covered with scrub, and traversed by various sleepy and shallow streams. – England of My Heart--Spring by Edward Hutton

I followed him, back through the woodland to the house. – The House of a Thousand Candles by Meredith Nicholson

Here there was a narrow space of bare earth, the only clear spot in the landscape, and even this was surrounded with dense woodland. – Round the World in Seven Days by Herbert Strang

As we emerged from the woodland a woman appeared at the back door of the dwelling and motioned us back. – Famous Adventures And Prison Escapes of the Civil War by Various

Then she turned about to the green plain and the house and the hedge of woodland beyond, and sighed, and said softly: A pity of it, to leave it! – The Water of the Wondrous Isles by William Morris

I had nothing to say, having acquired the woodland habit of silence, and perhaps it was well. – Salute to Adventurers by John Buchan

Hunter, if you love me, you shall tell my father your tale and he will be your friend as he is mine, and we will marry and live and die in the woodland. – The Proud Prince by Justin Huntly McCarthy

He has leaned over the still pool of some Greek woodland, and seen in the water's silent silver the wonder of his own beauty. – The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde