n. [ F. See Champaign. ] A light wine, of several kinds, originally made in the province of Champagne, in France. [ 1913 Webster ]
☞ Champagne properly includes several kinds not only of sparkling but of still wines; but in America the term is usually restricted to wines which effervesce. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Flat; open; level. [ 1913 Webster ]
A wide, champaign country, filled with herds. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ OF. champaigne; same word as campagne. ] A flat, open country. [ 1913 Webster ]
Fair champaign, with less rivers interveined. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
Through Apline vale or champaign wide. Wordsworth. [ 1913 Webster ]