weald

noun2

1. •
   (no longer used) A forest or wood.
2. •
   (no longer used) An open country.

   • [S]he to Almesbury / Fled all night long by glimmering waste and weald, / And heard the Spirits of the waste and weald / Moan as she fled, or thought she heard them moan: […] — 1859

noun1

1. •
   (UK) The physiographic area in south-east England situated between the parallel chalk escarpments of the North and the South Downs.