[Fr. See LAUND, LAWN.] A tract of wild land, a moor. Used by Eng. writers chiefly with reference to S. W. France.
1792. A. Young, Trav. France, 43. These landes are sandy tracts covered with pine trees, cut regularly for resin.
1883. ‘Ouida,’ Wanda, II. 19. Out on the landes some cows were driven through the heather and broom.
