Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Wealden

Wealden (?; 277) , adjective

[Anglo-Saxon weald, wald, a forest, a wood. So called because this formation occurs in the wealds, or woods, of Kent and Sussex. See Weald.]

(Geology) Of or pertaining to the lowest division of the Cretaceous formation in England and on the Continent, which overlies the Oolitic series.

Wealden , noun

(Geology) The Wealden group or strata.