Landskip

Origin

From Middle English *landschippe, from Old English landscipe ("region, district"). Cognate with Scots landskip, landskipe ("landscape"). More at landscape.

Full definition of landskip

Noun

1. (rare, obsolete or regional) A landscape.
• 1748. HUME, David. An enquiry concerning human understanding. In: L. A. SELBY-BIGGE, M. A. Enquiries concerning the human understanding and concerning the principles of moral. 2. ed. London: Oxford University Press, 1973. § 11.All the colours of poetry, however splendid, can never paint natural objects in such a manner as to make the description be taken for a real landskip.