The Skin Horse had lived longer in the nursery than any of the others. He was so old that his brown coat was bald in patches and showed the seams underneath, and most of the hairs in his tail had been pulled out to string bead necklaces.
A mountain summit or crest that lacks forest growth despite a warm climate conducive to such, as is found in many places in the Southern Appalachian Mountains
Someone who is bald has little or no hair on the top of their head. The man's bald head was beaded with sweat + baldness bald·ness He wears a cap to cover a spot of baldness
(not preferred; colloquial: southeastern USA; use summit, mountaintop, etc ) An ecological term for the grass or shrub covered (naturally tree-less) summit of a high elevation hill or mountain, flanked by forested slopes; not above the local tree-line Compare - glade SW & GG
A bald statement is in plain language and contains no extra explanation or information. The announcement came in a bald statement from the official news agency The bald truth is he's just not happy. = blunt + baldly bald·ly `The leaders are outdated,' he stated baldly. `They don't relate to young people.' = bluntly. adj. bald cypress bald eagle Charles the Bald
Describes a treeless, rocky summit in certain areas of the Appalachians A "bald" is usually a treeless summit in the southern region that is not necessarily above timberline, but the peak is still open at the summit Has more of a pastoral feel than the treeless summits of the Whites or Adirondacks