The, a region in SE England, in Kent, Surrey, and Essex counties: once a forest area; now an agricultural region.
British Dictionary definitions for weald
weald
/wiːld/
noun
1.
(Brit, archaic) open or forested country
Word Origin
Old English; related to Old Saxon, Old High German wald, Old Norse vollr, probably related to wild
Weald
/wiːld/
noun
1.
the Weald, a region of SE England, in Kent, Surrey, and East and West Sussex between the North Downs and the South Downs: formerly forested
Word Origin and History for weald
n.
Old English (West Saxon) weald "forest, woodland," specifically the forest between the North and South Downs in Sussex, Kent, and Surrey; a West Saxon variant of Anglian wald (see wold).