sand-plain

With surprising strength the man on the bed of grass sat up, stretching out his hands, gazing across the sunlit sand-plain beyond the open door of the hut, and went on:

Frank Merriwell Down South Burt L. Standish 1905

Leaving the canal, they set out upon the sand-plain, the undertaker's burro crawling along at an aggravating pace, its master refusing to whip it up, despite urging.

Frank Merriwell Down South Burt L. Standish 1905

AN almost dismantled, forsaken, adobe house stood alone near the edge of the sand-plain in the midst of a world of sand, sun and mountains.

The Man Who Would Not Be Saved 1902

VICE VERSA, one crosses a succession of parallel belts, first a sand-plain, then a ridge of granite, next a timbered flat, then a stretch of auriferous country, with possibly a belt of flat salt-lake country on either side.

Spinifex and Sand David Wynford Carnegie 1885

For about eleven and a half miles, over an immense sand-plain, running as far as the eye could reach to the North-West and

Explorations in Australia, Illustrated, John Forrest 1882

On the evening of that same day they saw the sun sink down into a shining horizon, which they knew was not that of the burning sand-plain over which they had been so long moving.

The Boy Slaves Mayne Reid 1850

This sentry was the one stationed to the south of the _douar_; and with eyes constantly striving to pierce the darkness that shrouded the sand-plain, the water, on which a better light was reflected, received no attention from him.

The Boy Slaves Mayne Reid 1850

A smooth sand-plain, only a mile in width, lay between the besiegers and the walls of the besieged.

The Rifle Rangers Mayne Reid 1850

During high tides and "northers" the sea washes over the surrounding sand-plain, and Vera Cruz appears almost isolated amid the waves.

The Rifle Rangers Mayne Reid 1850

With lighter hearts they now gave themselves to sleep; and when the sun began to sink, and the evening wind to pass over the sand-plain, they struck their tents, and marched on.

The Oriental Story Book A Collection of Tales Wilhelm Hauff 1814