zuur-veldthttp://www.oed.com/dictionary/zuur-veldt_n%3Ftab%3Dmeaning_and_usezuur-veldt, n.
First published 1921; not fully revised

zuur-veldtnoun

South African.
  1. 1785–
    A district covered with sour pasturage. Also attributive.
    1. 1785
      What are termed by the colonists Zuurvelden or Sour-fields, are such as lie somewhat higher and cooler than the shore, and thus are better supplied with rain than the other plains.
      G. Forster, translation of A. Sparrman, Voyage to Cape of Good Hope vol. I. vi. 249
    2. 1827
      The pasture is all Zureveldt.
      T. Philipps, Scenes in Albany 119
    3. 1834
      Long, coarse, wiry grass, of the sort called sour (whence the names Zureberg and Zure~veld).
      T. Pringle, African Sketches vi. 203
    4. 1850
      Black, zuur-veldt oxen.
      R. Gordon-Cumming, Five Years of Hunter's Life South Africa vol. I. i. 13

zuur-veldt, n. was first published in 1921; not fully revised.

zuur-veldt, n. was last modified in July 2023.