Land·scape n. [Formerly written also landskip.]
1. A portion of land or territory which the eye can comprehend in a single view, including all the objects it contains.
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.
3. The pictorial aspect of a country.
The landscape of his native country had taken hold on his heart. --Macaulay.
Landscape gardening, The art of laying out grounds and arranging trees, shrubbery, etc., in such a manner as to produce a picturesque effect.
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Land·skip n. A landscape. [Obs. except in poetry.]
Straight my eye hath caught new pleasures,
Whilst the landskip round it measures. --Milton.
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