[a. Norw. field:—ON. fiall: see FELL sb.] An elevated rocky plateau, almost devoid of vegetation.
1860. Gosse, The Romance of Natural History, 51. You reach a higher and a yet higher elevation, till you stand, in the sharp and thin air, catching your breath on the edge of the loftiest, the wildest and most barren of those snowy fjelds.
1882. Lees & Clutterbuck, Three in Norway, vii. 53. We rambled on across the fjeld—a splendid walk, with some of the most beautiful mountains in Norway all round us.
