champaign

UK /ˈʃæmpeɪn/ US /ˈʃæmpeɪn/
noun 2adj 1name 1

Definitions

noun

1

Open countryside, or an area of open countryside.

Thenne ſyre Gawayne was ſore greued with theſe wordes / and pulled oute his ſwerd and ſmote of his hede / And therwith torned theyr horſes and rode ouer waters and thurgh woodes tyl they came to theyre buſſhement / where as ſyr Lyonel and ſyr Bedeuer were houyng / The romayns folowed faſt after on horſbak and on foote ouer a chãpayn vnto a wood […]

Of all theſe bounds euen from this Line, to this, / With ſhadowie Forreſts, and with Champains rich'd / With plenteous Riuers, and wide-ſkirted Meades / We make thee Lady.

2

A battlefield.

adj

1

Pertaining to open countryside; unforested, flat.

They are ſeated alongſt the ſea-coaſt, encompaſſed toward the land with huge and ſteepie mountains, having betweene both, a hundred leagues or there abouts of open and champaine ground.

A fine champagne country, well stored with corn.

name

1

A city in Champaign County, Illinois, United States.

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