Landscape

n. [Formerly written also landskip.] [A.-S. landscap, from land, land, and the termination scipe, equivalent to Eng. skip, q. v.; D. landschap, Sw. landskap, Dan. landskab, Ger. landschaft.]

1Sense 1. A portion of land or territory which the eye can comprehend in a single view, including all the objects it contains.

Straight my eye hath caught new pleasures, Whilst the landscape round it measures. Milton.

2Sense 2. A picture exhibiting some real or fancied scene in nature.

Landscape gardening, the art of laying out grounds and arranging trees, shrubbery, &c., in such a manner as to produce the most pleasing effect.