‖Agterveld, noun
- Forms:
- Also Achterveld, and with small initial.
- Origin:
- Afrikaans, South African DutchShow more Afrikaans (earlier South African Dutch achterveld), agter back + veld countryside (see veld).
backveld noun sense a.
1812 A. Plumptre tr. of H. Lichtenstein’s Trav. in Sn Afr. (1928) I. 105The Agterveld, as it is called, that is the thinly inhabited northern part of the district.
1974 Sunday Tribune 24 Nov. 5Neighbouring farmers in this close-knit community, who live in what the wealthy Boland wheat growers refer to as the agterveld, were stunned by the shooting.
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