deer-park
Enclosed park for keeping deer, examples of which were known in Anglo-Saxon times, and were used for hunting. Medieval examples were concerned with food production and sport, and were sometimes surrounded with ditches, having entrances called deer-leaps by which the animals could enter but not leave. 2. Seen as a precursor to the landscape-park and as a place of beauty in its own right… (Curl & Wilson, 2016)
