The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Moorland \Moor"land\, n. [AS. m[=o]rland.] Land consisting of a moor or moors. [1913 Webster]WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
moorland n 1: open land usually with peaty soil covered with heather and bracken and moss [syn: moor, moorland]