Adjective
[kam-pes-truh l]
1. of or relating to fields or open country.
Origin:
1730–40; < Latin campestr(is) flat, equivalent to camp(us) field + -estris adj. suffix) + -al1
“Just about any amateur naturalist who pays attention to the birds … in campestral Maine will find an eye-opener or two here.”
- Dana Wilde, The Bangor (Maine) Daily News, 26 Oct. 2009
