DCHP-2

bushland bush land DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

• 1 n.

  forested wilderness, especially the extensive sub-arctic forest of Canada; the largely unsettled hinterland.

  See also: bush ((n.)) (def. 1)  

  • 1853  Now old Jim Delany had . . . a barn full of wheat and stacks of hay, the produce of a good lot of bush land.
  • 1947  As the rushing snow invaded the swamps and bushlands, all work stopped there. . . .
  • 1953  During the past fifty years most of them have been camping in sordid poverty in the northern bushland. . . .
  • 1965  The uncanny stare suggested . . . that maybe this bushland beatnik had stripped his mental gears.

• 2 n.

  thinly wooded areas of poplar, birch, and shrubs adjacent to the plains.

  See also: bush ((n.)) (def. 3)  

  • 1963  From there it [a fire] took off through the dry grass and headed for the adjoining bushland.