downland

noun

1. (UK)An area of rolling hills (downs), often grassy pasture over chalk or limestone.

   “Hail! every distant hill, and downland plain! Your dew-hid beauties Fancy oft unveils;”

   “[…] I walked on to Canterbury early in the morning. It was now winter again; and the fresh, cold windy day, and the sweeping downland, brightened up my hopes a little.”

   “I traversed the downland Whereon the bleak hill-graves of Chieftains Bulge barren of tree;”

   “Shortly after leaving Godshill, a lengthy climb begins through rolling downland country at 1 in 75, easing to 1 in 103.”

   “The large cement works nearby are served by sidings, and strike a sudden jarring industrial note in the midst of the rural downland scene.”