Definition of "tableland" [tableland]

• A flat, elevated region; a plateau or mesa. (noun)

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• ""We must have climbed up here to what father called the tableland, and somewhere farther on, I suppose, we should come to the edge of the cliff and look down into the valley with the openings facing one."
• "A certain part of the rain-bearing clouds passes still farther inland, and scatters showers over the eastern part of the tableland, that is to say, over the"
• "From the head of the slope the path crossed a kind of tableland, and they could easily keep their guide in sight for a long distance."