Definition of "upland" []

• Land or an area of land of high elevation, especially when level. (noun)
• Land in the interior of a country. (noun)
• Of, relating to, or located in an upland. (adjective)

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• "The treatment of this class of wet lands is so different from that applied to what we term upland, that it will be found more convenient to pass the subject by with this allusion, at present, and consider it more systematically under a separate head."
• "Do a bit of wingshooting ... same ethics apply, don't take the shot unless you can make the kill ... plenty of knuckleheads in upland and waterfowl areas where the definition of ethical is a bit more dynamic."
• "My personal choice of choke for upland is cylinder and my shots on occassional ducks or geese are at about the same range."