landskip

landskip
Landscape Land"scape, n. [Formerly written also {landskip}.] [D. landschap; land land + -schap, equiv. to E. -schip; akin to G. landschaft, Sw. landskap, Dan. landskab. See {Land}, {and} {-schip}.] 1. A portion of land or territory which the eye can comprehend in a single view, including all the objects it contains. [1913 Webster]

2. A picture representing a scene by land or sea, actual or fancied, the chief subject being the general aspect of nature, as fields, hills, forests, water. etc. Compare {seascape}. [1913 Webster]

3. The pictorial aspect of a country. [1913 Webster]

The landscape of his native country had taken hold on his heart. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster]

{Landscape gardening}, The art of laying out grounds and arranging trees, shrubbery, etc., in such a manner as to produce a picturesque effect. [1913 Webster]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.

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  • Landskip — Land skip, n. [See {Landscape}.] A landscape. [Obs. except in poetry.] [1913 Webster] Straight my eye hath caught new pleasures, Whilst the landskip round it measures. Milton. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • landskip — [landskip΄] n. obs. var. of LANDSCAPE …   English World dictionary

  • landskip — /land skip /, n. Archaic. landscape. * * * …   Universalium

  • landskip — land·skip …   English syllables

  • landskip — ˈlanzˌkip, n(d)ˌsk archaic variant of landscape * * * /land skip /, n. Archaic. landscape. * * * landˈskip an archaic form of ↑landscape • • • Main Entry: ↑land …   Useful english dictionary

  • Landscape — Land scape, n. [Formerly written also {landskip}.] [D. landschap; land land + schap, equiv. to E. schip; akin to G. landschaft, Sw. landskap, Dan. landskab. See {Land}, {and} { schip}.] 1. A portion of land or territory which the eye can… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Landscape gardening — Landscape Land scape, n. [Formerly written also {landskip}.] [D. landschap; land land + schap, equiv. to E. schip; akin to G. landschaft, Sw. landskap, Dan. landskab. See {Land}, {and} { schip}.] 1. A portion of land or territory which the eye… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Offskip — Off skip , n. [Off + skip, as in landskip.] (Paint.) That part of a landscape which recedes from the spectator into the distance. [R.] Fairholt. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • landscape — [land′skāp΄] n. [17th c. art borrowing (cf. EASEL, LAY FIGURE) < Du landschap < land, land + schap, SHIP: earlier also landskip, akin to OE landscipe, Ger landschaft] 1. a picture representing a section of natural, inland scenery, as of… …   English World dictionary

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