Exmoor

[ eks-moo r, -mawr, -mohr ]

/ ˈɛks mʊər, -mɔr, -moʊr /

a moorland in SW England, in Somersetshire and Devonshire: the scene of Blackmore's novel, Lorna Doone.

Example sentences from the Web for exmoor

In the east, he greeted the morning sun, as he mounted the rugged saddle of Dartmoor and Exmoor for his daily career.

Footprints of Former Men in Far Cornwall |Robert S. Hawker
These moor-like stretches bear a resemblance to parts of Exmoor.

Field and Hedgerow |Richard Jefferies
Now I happen to know that the ambulance is connected with the sanitarium over near Exmoor.

Molly Brown's Sophomore Days |Nell Speed
Exmoor may be nothing strange to those accustomed to the wild, barren scenery.

A New Illustrated Edition of J. S. Rarey's Art of Taming Horses |J. S. Rarey

Several things of importance to this history happened during the week before the house party at Exmoor.

Molly Brown's Junior Days |Nell Speed

Exmoor

/ (ˈɛksˌmʊə, -ˌmɔː) /

a high moorland in SW England, in W Somerset and N Devon: chiefly grazing ground for Exmoor ponies, sheep, and red deer

a small stocky breed of pony with a fawn-coloured nose, originally from Exmoor