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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

WEALDEN

Weald "en, a. Etym: [AS. weald, wald, a forest, a wood. So called because this formation occurs in the wealds, or woods, of Kent and Sussex. See Weald. ] (Geol.)

 

Defn: Of or pertaining to the lowest division of the Cretaceous formation in England and on the Continent, which overlies the Oölitic series.

 

WEALDEN

WEALDEN Weald "en, n. (Geol.)

 

Defn: The Wealden group or strata.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

Wealden

Wealden |ˈwiːld (ə )n | ▶adjective Brit. relating to the Weald. • denoting a style of timber house built in the Weald in the late medieval and Tudor periods. • Geology relating to or denoting a series of Lower Cretaceous estuarine and freshwater deposits best exemplified in the Weald.

 

Oxford Dictionary

Wealden

Wealden |ˈwiːld (ə )n | ▶adjective Brit. relating to the Weald. • denoting a style of timber house built in the Weald in the late medieval and Tudor periods. • Geology relating to or denoting a series of Lower Cretaceous estuarine and freshwater deposits best exemplified in the Weald.

 

Duden Dictionary

Wealden

Weal den Substantiv, Neutrum Geologie , das |ˈviːldən |das Wealden; Genitiv: des Wealdens nach der südostenglischen Hügellandschaft The Weald unterste Stufe der Unteren Kreide

 

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